Final Quiz Modern and Contemporary Still Life – Art of the Everyday

What are the objects in Singapore-born artist Simryn Gill’s artwork Channel #23?

Shells from the Malaysian mangrove shoreline Seaweed from the Malaysian mangrove shoreline Starfish from the Malaysian mangrove wetlands Rubbish from the Malaysian mangrove Forest

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According to Marcel Duchamp and likeminded artists, anything could be used to make art because...

They hated using paint It was cheaper If they said it was art, it was art Other people said it was not art

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Conceptual art became popular in the 1960s and 1970s. What is the genre most concerned with?

Media and techniques The environment Ideas Abstraction

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What filming technique was used by Sam Taylor-Johnson over several days when she made Still Life (2001)?

Timelapse Stop motion animation Fast motion video 3D animation

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British artist Cornelia Parker transforms everyday objects so we can look at them in with fresh eyes. She often does this through...

An act of violence or destruction Making copies of objects Hiding objects Writing about them

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What is the name of Mark Dion’s artwork, which involved working with a group of volunteers to gather material in London?

Tate Thames Dig Down the River Cabinet of Curiosities Furniture

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Which of the following artists pioneered using found objects like newspapers and wallpaper to make collages?

Pablo Picasso Andy Warhol Dorothea Tanning Leonardo da Vinci

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Which landmark did Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap as their last piece of work in 2021?

Trafalgar Square's column in London The Vatican Church in Rome A Pyramid in Giza The Arc de Triomphe in Paris

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What period was this painting by Dutch artist Clara Peeters made?

Baroque The Dutch Golden Age The Renaissance The Dark Ages

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What was the name of the British Pop Art group that emerged in the 1950s?

The Popular Artists The Independent Group The Dependent Group The Pop Artists

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Still Life as a theme and subject in contemporary art…

Lives on by transforming objects in interesting ways Has stopped completely Is unpopular Is only about books

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Which organisation established the hierarchy of painting genres (in which Still Life came last) in the 17th century?

Académie des Beaux-Arts British School in Rome The Bauhaus Royal College of Art, London

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