Unit 10: Global Contemporary
Art History · Unit 10 · Paper 1

Global Contemporary unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 18 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 10, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Narcissus Garden

2

Darkytown Rebellion

3

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

4

Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)

5

Preying Mantra

6

Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)

7

Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah

8

The Bay

9

En la Barbería no se Llora

10

Summer Trees

11

Earth's Creation

12

Electronic Superhighway

Short answer 1. Define or explain: The Crossing

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Stadia II

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: The Gates

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Androgyne III

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

LONG ESSAY: VISUAL/CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS (Question 2, 6 points; no images provided). Contemporary artists often use installations to communicate political, cultural, or personal meaning. Select and completely identify one work from the Global Contemporary (1980 CE to present) in which the artist uses an installation to communicate political, cultural, or personal meaning — from the list (Shibboleth; En la Barbería no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop); Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds)) or any other relevant work — and explain how the installation communicates that meaning.

Provide two accurate identifiers for the selected work (beyond those given).

Respond with an art historically defensible claim or thesis that establishes a line of reasoning.

Support the claim with at least two examples of relevant visual and/or contextual evidence.

Explain how the evidence supports the claim.

Corroborate or qualify the claim by explaining relevant connections, providing nuance, or considering diverse views.