OAD Section A Week 2 Homework reading questions: B. Ch.

2 and Blog Due 09/17

1. Define the art movements below and list at least 3 important aspects/defining qualities of each.
a) Modernism

b) Postmodernism

2. Which of these movements do you find easiest to understand or relate to and why?

3. Which of these is most problematic to your way of thinking about art making and why?

4.Artist Fred Wilson critiques museums and their representation of race in his work.
Barrett claims his projects have changed the way work is now represented in many major art museums.
baList the 4 questions that Barrett claims Wilson’s work has prompted museums to ask in their curating/presentation
of artwork.

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Select a work of art or culture (at a museum or current gallery show, performances, etc.) and write at least one
paragraph on your blog analyzing it from a postmodern standpoint using ideas from the reading.
*I strongly suggest you visit the Quick and the Dead exhibition at the Walker Art Center (free admission with your
CVA ID…)