Quiz about Modern Art Questions
Quiz about Modern Art Questions

Modern Art Questions Trivia Quiz


Here are some random questions on modern artists and their works.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
33,194
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1988
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 175 (3/10), Guest 31 (7/10), funkymonkey04 (9/10).
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1. What unusual pair of names have modern British artists Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden taken? Hint

Painting and Sculpture
Art and Language
Eisel and Brush
Aesthetic and Esthetic

2. Which modern artist from California expanded the two-dimensional limitations of the canvas by including additional three dimensional objects to accompany her painting in a work called 'Yellow and Black Boats'? Hint

Adrian Piper
Christina Iglesias
Gina Pane
Jennifer Bartlett

3. He was a friend of Andy Warhol's and attempted to unite the mediums of graffiti art and canvas painting. Unfortunately, he died at the tender age of 28. Who was he? Hint

Donald Judd
Julian Schnabel
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Piero Manzoni

4. Who was the most well-known of the Futurist sculptors? Hint

Umberto Boccioni
Alexander Archipenko
Hans Arp
Constantin Brancusi

5. Perhaps his most well known works are his flat, giant sculptures of men hammering. Who is this modern artist? Hint

Peter Halley
Jonathan Borofsky
Morris Louis
Maurice Prendergast

6. This modern artist expresses the theme of 'pain' in her dreamlike room-sized installations which include various abstract objects created of varying materials. What is her name? Hint

Louise Bourgeois
Louise Nevelson
Nam June Paik
Barbara Hepworth

7. Alberto Burri is probably most well known for his use of what material in his art? Hint

Nails and tacks
Burlap sacks
Old hats
Plastic grocery bags

8. Alexander Calder's famous dangling works were termed 'Mobiles' by Duchamp. By what term are his ground-based works known? Hint

Stalagmiles
Staticiles
Steadiles
Stabiles

9. Which modern artist was killed while inspecting his work? Hint

Paul McCarthy
Robert Smithson
Donald Judd
Richard Estes

10. Which of the following individuals, more well-known for other reasons, was associated with the Fluxus movement? Hint

Paul McCartney
Linus Pauling
Prince Charles
Yoko Ono


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What unusual pair of names have modern British artists Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden taken?

Answer: Art and Language

2. Which modern artist from California expanded the two-dimensional limitations of the canvas by including additional three dimensional objects to accompany her painting in a work called 'Yellow and Black Boats'?

Answer: Jennifer Bartlett

3. He was a friend of Andy Warhol's and attempted to unite the mediums of graffiti art and canvas painting. Unfortunately, he died at the tender age of 28. Who was he?

Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat

4. Who was the most well-known of the Futurist sculptors?

Answer: Umberto Boccioni

Arp, Archipenko and Brancusi were certainly all famous, but not associated with the Futurist movement as was Boccioni.
5. Perhaps his most well known works are his flat, giant sculptures of men hammering. Who is this modern artist?

Answer: Jonathan Borofsky

6. This modern artist expresses the theme of 'pain' in her dreamlike room-sized installations which include various abstract objects created of varying materials. What is her name?

Answer: Louise Bourgeois

7. Alberto Burri is probably most well known for his use of what material in his art?

Answer: Burlap sacks

8. Alexander Calder's famous dangling works were termed 'Mobiles' by Duchamp. By what term are his ground-based works known?

Answer: Stabiles

9. Which modern artist was killed while inspecting his work?

Answer: Robert Smithson

Poor Mr. Estes and Mr. McCarthy...I have pronounced them dead a bit early! As for Mr. Smithson, the creator of the famous 'Spiral Jetty' on the Great Salt Lake, he was killed in a helicopter crash while examining one of his great earth works.
10. Which of the following individuals, more well-known for other reasons, was associated with the Fluxus movement?

Answer: Yoko Ono

Yoko is more well-known for having been married to some musician guy, whose name escapes me at the moment....hmmmm.
Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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