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AP Art History Area 10: Global Contemporary

Art since 1980: installation, performance, street art, and architecture by global artists, and recurring themes such as identity, globalization, and memory.

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40 basic cards for AP Art History. Set 10 of 10 in AP Art History Area. It opens with "Which Icelandic-Danish artist created The Weather Project at Tate Modern?" and "What characterized Olafur Eliasson's installations from 1980 onward?". Study it alongside the other AP sets below.

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Which Icelandic-Danish artist created The Weather Project at Tate Modern?
Show answerOlafur Eliasson
What characterized Olafur Eliasson's installations from 1980 onward?
Show answerImmersive experiences using light, weather, and elemental materials to alter viewers' perception
The Weather Project featured what central element at Tate Modern?
Show answerA massive artificial sun made of hundreds of light bulbs
What did visitors primarily do in Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project?
Show answerLay down and rest, treating the gallery floor as a public gathering place
Marina Abramovic's The Artist is Present took place at which institution and year?
Show answerThe Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, 2010
What was the primary medium of The Artist is Present?
Show answerThe artist's physical presence and direct eye contact with seated visitors one at a time
Banksy is known for what type of public art practice?
Show answerSatirical and subversive stencil-based street art addressing politics and social issues
Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Bilbao using what primary material?
Show answerTitanium panels
In what year was the Guggenheim Bilbao completed?
Show answer1997
What does the Guggenheim Bilbao exemplify in its architectural approach?
Show answerDeconstructivism, using computer modeling to create complex sculptural forms
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for what artistic practice?
Show answerWrapping buildings, landscapes, and monuments in fabric to reveal and conceal them
Rachel Whiteread's major artistic technique involves doing what?
Show answerCasting the interior spaces inside and around buildings to reveal hidden volumes
What was Whiteread's House?
Show answerA cast of the interior of an entire Victorian terraced house in London, appearing as a solid rectangular block
Ai Weiwei's art typically addresses what?
Show answerPolitical and social issues, often engaging with activism against restrictions on freedom of expression
Kara Walker is renowned for her use of what visual medium?
Show answerLarge-scale paper-cut silhouettes that address narratives of slavery, race, and historical trauma

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