Question 1: In a 1965 essay entitled 'Specific Objects', Donald Judd stated that the common aspects "Minimalism" were, 'too general" and had too little in common to define a movement. In fact, according to Judd, what this new art truly shared was: (circle the best answer)
- A simplification of form to geometric shapes and objects.
- That it was not involved with the business of reference: illusionism, representation or imagery, it consisted of complete, autonomous forms that existed in real space.
- A rejection or negation - of the standard premises, the ?xed terms, of painting and sculpture or any simple categorization by medium.
Question 2: What are three of the most important aspects required for an artist to engage in Marcel Duchamp's strategy of making readymade art?
Question 3: During the early decades of the 20th century many artists turned to abstraction in painting to distance themselves from the political and social upheavals that came in the wake of the industrial revolution and the First World War. What were the 3 basic forms of abstract painting?
Question 4: To mitigate any connotations of good or bad taste from entering the discussion of the "Readymades" Marcel Duchamp employed the element of: (circle the best answer)
a. Non-retinal art
b. Anti-Art
c. Chance
Question 5: In your own words, briefly explain why Robert Morris believes that with minimalist art, the art object has become less self-important.
Question 6: Robert Rauschenberg's Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953 has been frequently cited as being an influential and important work in the history of Modern Art. The artist himself referred to the work as being poetic.
a. Describe what makes this artwork a work of conceptual art?
b. What was one of the criticism lodged against this work?