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Reliquary guardian figure

Kota Peoples, Gabon, late 19C/early 20C

Nkisi n’kondi

Shiloango River Area, Democratic Republic of Congo, c. 1875-1900

Four Pages before a Palace Compound (one of the Benin Bronzes)

Benin City, Nigeria, 16C/17C

Kogan

Japan, late 16th century

Plum Estate, Kameido

Ando Hiroshige, 1857 Japan

Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh, 1889 Dutch

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Pablo Picasso, 1907 Spanish

Still Life with Chair Caning

Pablo Picasso, 1912 Spanish

Fountain

Marcel Duchamp, 1917 American

The Human Condition

Rene Magritte, 1933 Belgian

From the Faraway, Nearby

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1937 American

Number I 1950 (Lavender Mist)

Jackson Pollock, 1950 American

The Bay

Helen Frankenthaler, 1953 American

No. 3/No. 13

Mark Rothko, 1949 American

Marilyn Diptych

Andy Warhol, 1962 American

Transformation Mask

Kwakwaka’wakw Culture (Pacific Northwest), late 19C

Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)

Juane Quick-to-See Smith, 1992 Salish/Kootenai Native American

Precious Jewels by the Sea

Amy Sherald, 2019 American

The Artist is Present

Marina Abramovic, 2010 Serbian

Kui Hua Zhi / Sunflower Seeds

Ai Wei Wei, 2010 China

Sun Tunnels

Nancy Holt, 1973-1976 American

Nkisi n’kondi

a powerful figure as a magical charm carved in the likeness of humans that can act as an oath taking image to resolve verbal disputes or lawsuits as well as an avenger or guardian for evil committed

primitivism

a mode of aesthetic idealization that means to recreate the experience of the primitive time, place, and person either by emulation or by re-creation. Proposes people of a primitive society possess a morality and ethics superior to urban values

cultural exchange

an exchange of students, artists, athletes, etc., between two countries to promote mutual understanding

restitution

the restoration of something to its original state or restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner

repatriation

the return of someone to their own country

provenance

the place of origin or earliest known history of something

chanoyu

a Japanese ceremony for serving and taking tea in accordance with an elaborate ritual

Wabi sabi

appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete

kintsugi

a technique for repairing broken ceramics with adhesive material mixed with gold dust, silver, or other precious material. Joins in a way that shows a new beauty and highlights the cracks in the object

Ukiyo-e

a school of Japanese art depicting subjects from everyday life, dominant in the 17th-19th centuries

Japonisme

A French term to refer to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among Western European artists in the 19th century after the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858

Fauvism

a style of painting with vivid expressionistic and nonnaturalistic use of color, sometimes applying pure colors of paint directly, that flourished in Paris from 1905 and, although short-lived, had an important influence on subsequent artists, especially the German expressionists. Matisse was regarded as the movement’s leading figure

Cubism (Analytic and Synthetic)

Analytic Cubism began in 1910 that included figures and objects in shallow spaces using flat, overlapping planes parallel to the surface of the picture. Use multiple perspectives and neutral palettes of browns, blacks and grays

Synthetic Cubism began in 1912 with Picasso and Braque experimenting with cardboard sculptures and collages. Artists used found objects like newspapers and shifted to brighter and more varied palettes with clearer shapes

collage

a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a backing

abstraction

An artistic process of reducing subjects to their fundamental forms and colors, often moving away from realistic representation. The approach emphasizes shapes, colors, and lines rather than accurate depictions of objects or scenes

expressionism

a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world

Dada (Dadaism)

An art movement that began in 1916 Zurich, Switzerland and lasted until mid 1920s within avant-garde. Rejected artistic norms at the time and favored reason, logic, and rationality and was political, representing extreme leftist views such as anarchism

Readymade (Found Object)

Term coined by Duchamp to describe a work of art created from everyday objects that are not traditionally considered art

Surrealism

a 20th century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images

Abstract Expressionism

A development of abstract act originating in New York in 1940s-1950s aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act

Drip Painting

A technique where the artist pours, drips, or splatters paint onto a flat surface rather than applying with a brush in a traditional manner

Color-field painting

Large scale canvases dominated by flat expanses of color and having minimum of surface detail. Unified single-image field part of action painting

curation

the action or process of selecting, organizing, and looking after the items in a collection or exhibition

installation art

Focuses on how the viewer physically moves through and perceives the space that can be temporary or permanent construction

video art

an art form that relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium

performance art

a time-based art that typically features a live presentation to an audience or to onlookers (on the street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, and painting

Earth Art / Environmental Art

an American movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms, and sculptures