Exam 16: The international scene since 1950

In 1982,critic Craig Owens argued that __________ and photographers were best able to represent Postmodernism's challenge to Modernist tradition and authority.

Deconstructivist architecture deliberately departed from traditional architecture by creating _____________.

Saarinen wanted to evoke the excitement of air travel in his expressive and swooping design for a/an __________.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for their temporary,__________ artworks.

What are Earthworks?

What traditional institution does Fred Wilson critique in his interventionist installations?

High Tech architecture is frequently characterized by ___________________.

Jeff Wall creates his ________________ like a movie director by carefully designing the sets and posing his actors.

What is Performance Art?

____________________ architecture rejected the purity,uniformity,and abstraction of the International Style.

A major aim of first-generation feminist artists was _______________.

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is a permanent _______________,which is intended to reflect the "ongoing dialectic" of constructive and destructive forces in nature.

Kiki Smith is a Postmodern sculptor interested in the __________.

Because her figures are all silhouettes,which does not identify race,the artist Kara Walker forces the viewer to read the narrative by ___________________.

Although initially a revolutionary style,_____________ architecture came to stand for corporate wealth and power.

__________ heralded a post-industrial,advanced capitalist society.

The artist Shirin Neshat' "Women of Allah" series of photographs explores how Iranian women are ______________.

Many feminist artists embraced craft media because _________________.

The ______________ led informally by Damian Hirst were among the most sensational of modern artists.

What kinds of assaults did artists make from the 1960's to the early 1970's on artistic traditions?