ART

• Participate in the Weekly Discussion •Complete the Homework)

• Celebrate a job well done!

Homework Comprehension Questions:

Please answer these questions in paragraph format, including at least four sentences for each question, elaborating on each answer?

Please cite Fineberg’s textbook and/or a lecture in support of your response. Please post question before each answer to that question?

Analyze a work by Gabriel Orozco (either from the textbook or web) and relate it to an earlier artist from this course. What historical tradition do you see him in?

How would you relate the work of Kiki Smith to that of Louise Bourgeois?

How did the prominence of fashion and beauty influence contemporary art in the 1990s?

Describe how a single artwork from the 1990s investigates popular conceptions of ethnic or racial identity.

Explain how the use of comics in Kerry James Marshall’s paintings relates to the earlier approach of Pop artists like Lichtenstein. Do you agree with how Fineberg frames this relationship?

PART TWO

We are looking at artworks from recent years, dealing with issues relevant to a contemporary audience.

Select an artwork from CH 15 “Unstable Definitions”, Art Since 1940, Jonathan Fineberg, and share how it relates to something you've experienced or witnessed in your life experience. Be creative.

SUGGESTION – “Little Bathers, 1990-1, by Rona Pondick