Assignment:
World Cultures II
Discussion
Public Works and Pop Art and Consumerism
Please respond to all of the following questions, using sources online or your text as the basis of your response (you will enjoy these topics, so take time to post on all of them!):
• Describe two or three elements of Hamilton's collage, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? that you find intriguing, offensive, or humorous and explain why. Here is a copy of the collage and some information about it: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hamilton-just-what-was-it-that-made-yesterdays-homes-so-different-so-appealing-upgrade-p20271
• What current items you would include if you created a 21st-century collage like Hamilton's, where would you display this work, and how much would you charge if you were to sell it?
• Take this interactive quiz about the value of modern art paintings at auction today. How many were you able to correctly value? Would you put any of these painters or paintings in your own Museum or hang them in your own home (why or why not)?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/18/arts/design/art-quiz.html