Is It Art?

Is It Art?

Art can make us question our ideas and beliefs, so tell me.... is any of this actual professional art?

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

DADAism/Readymade

Porcelain

1964 replica located in the :

Tate Gallery

Yes, sort of.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmjSUyyc-3M

"Fountain"

Marcel Duchamp

1917

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Abstractionism, Expressionism

Oil on Canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

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Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EncR_T0faKM&t=227s

"Convergence"

Jackson Pollock 1952

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Surrealism

Oil on Canvas

LACMA

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​No, but this is. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/dada-and-surrealism/xdc974a79:surrealism/v/magritte-the-treachery-of-images-ceci-n-est-pas-une-pipe-1929

"A Treachery of Images"

Rene Magritte

1929

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Installation ARt

multi media

GL Strand, Copenhagen Denmark

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Yes.

"Our Life in Ruins"

Thomas Hirschorn

2021

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Abstractionism, Expressionism

Chalk & Pencil on paper

MoMA NY

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​No, but this is.

"Untitled"

Cy Twombly 1954

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Cubism /Surrealism

Oil on Canvas

Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Spain

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Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_VSixma864

"Guernica "

Pablo Picasso 1937

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Minimalism

Grease pencil on canvas

MoMA

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Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_VSixma864

"Man Made Dridgible"

Joe Bradley 2008

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Hyperrealism

Oil paint on large canvas

Museum Jan Netherlands

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​No, but this is.

"Fried Egg"

Tjalf Sparnaay

1997

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Modernism/Expressionism

Oilstick on paper

MoMA NY

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​Yes.

"Untitled"

Jean Michel Bassquiat

1981

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No

Sculpture

Banana & Duct Tape

Art Basel Miami Beach

(sold for $120,000)

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​No, but this is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boKiJ_C9jkA

"Comedian"

Maurizio Cattelan

2019

DADAism/Modernism

Silver gelatin print

Tate Gallery

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Yes! and we will be doing this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umyxWJslJY&t=195s

"Rayograph"

Man Ray

1922

Multiple Choice

Is it art?

• Yes

• No