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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- Which Icelandic-Danish artist created The Weather Project at Tate Modern?
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Olafur Eliasson
- What characterized Olafur Eliasson's installations from 1980 onward?
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Immersive experiences using light, weather, and elemental materials to alter viewers' perception
- The Weather Project featured what central element at Tate Modern?
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A massive artificial sun made of hundreds of light bulbs
- What did visitors primarily do in Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project?
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Lay 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?
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, 2010
- What was the primary medium of The Artist is Present?
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The 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?
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Satirical and subversive stencil-based street art addressing politics and social issues
- Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Bilbao using what primary material?
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Titanium panels
- In what year was the Guggenheim Bilbao completed?
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1997
- What does the Guggenheim Bilbao exemplify in its architectural approach?
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Deconstructivism, using computer modeling to create complex sculptural forms
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for what artistic practice?
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Wrapping buildings, landscapes, and monuments in fabric to reveal and conceal them
- Rachel Whiteread's major artistic technique involves doing what?
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Casting the interior spaces inside and around buildings to reveal hidden volumes
- What was Whiteread's House?
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A 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?
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Political and social issues, often engaging with activism against restrictions on freedom of expression
- Kara Walker is renowned for her use of what visual medium?
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Large-scale paper-cut silhouettes that address narratives of slavery, race, and historical trauma