Ana Mendieta’s placement of her body on sand to create a silueta was intended to
a) establish her identity by creating a physical mark.
b) start a political protest against the Cuban government.
c) enhance the beach site with public sculpture.
d) invite viewers to follow her example to create their own silhouettes.
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Eleanor Antin’s performance of masculinity in My Kingdom is the Right Size enacts the same theme of self-determined identity as
a) Carolee Schneemann in Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions.
b) Cindy Sherman in Untitled #96.
c) Kimsooja in A Beggar Woman—Mexico City.
d) Shigeyuki Kihara in Ulugali’i Samoa: Samoan Couple.
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The baring of the chest and breasts in Ulugali’i Samoa: Samoan Couple references
a) cultural history linked to pornographic postcards.
b) higher social status attained through marriage.
c) the couple’s condition as slaves.
d) the theme of the artist’s skin as canvas.
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For Richard Prince the act of re-photographing a well-known media image converts
a) stereotype into ambiguity.
b) representation into deception.
c) authenticity into convention.
d) artifice into desire.
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Although Lance Loud directly names its subject, the subtext of Andy Warhol’s portrait is
a) conventions of male identity.
b) power and the male gaze.
c) gender ambiguity.
d) male narcissism.
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In Cindy Sherman’s staged images the social construction of female identity is emphasized by
a) how readily the character type can be recognized.
b) presuming all viewers are male.
c) the use of a model in place of the artist herself.
d) the difficulty of reading the complicated scenes.
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The figure in Richard Prince’s Untitled (Cowboy) is easily “readable” as a character type rather than an individualized male through
a) clothing.
b) setting.
c) action.
d) language.
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What device is used in Kimsooja’s videos to orient and link the viewer to the subject in the scene?
a) The figure is shot from behind, facing away from the viewer.
b) The central figure is brightly lighted for emphasis.
c) The subject is always in motion.
d) The figure is enlarged in the crowd while others are reduced in size.
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Joseph Beuys associates his actions in I Like America and America Likes Me with the theme of
a) the wounded body healed and reborn.
b) man’s power over the animal world.
c) wild nature versus domesticity.
d) preserving the body against decay.
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Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is drawn with arms outstretched to intersect points on a superimposed square and circle to show
a) mathematical proportions for an ideal figure.
b) comparative growth from male youth to maturity.
c) the symbolic reach and strength of masculine power in a rational universe.
d) anchoring points for a composition in an early drafting stage.
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