Module 5 - Creative arts
Unit 5.3 - Art: Contemporary trends


14. Match artists/styles and their techniques/features.

It adapts to the world and reflects the complexities of life.Has experimented with different forms of art.Used discarded or found objects.Large areas of colour fill the canvas.Uses a lot of dots.Floating, coloured rectangles.Does stenciled street art.Paint is dripped onto the canvas.Represented repeated images.Uses everyday objects with vivid colours.Art should represent profound emotions.Was inspired by maps and flags.Included imagery from mass culture.
Contemporary art →
Abstract expressionism →
Rothko →
Action painting →
Colour field →
Rauschenberg →
Johns →
Pop art →
Warhol →
Banksy →
Hirst →
Koons →
Kusama →
15. Complete the text with the correct grammatical word.

Body Art: When the Artist Becomes an Artwork
Among the 1. famous performers is Marina Abramovich. She is considered the mother of Body Art, but she ironically calls 2. the grandmother of performance. In 3. many years of career, she 4. tackled fundamental themes: pain, war, death. One of her most evocative and spectacular performances was Balkan Baroque in 1997, a resounding denunciation of the conflict that 5. going on in Bosnia, her homeland back then. She sat for four days at the Venice Biennale, for seven hours 6. day, intent on cleaning bovine bones with a brush, symbolising the innocent victims of the conflict.
Adapted from: G. Nifosì, L’arte contemporanea in 10 artisti, Laterza, Bari 2022, p. 134
16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.1. Instinctualism …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.2. Smearing …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.3. Fingerprints …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.4. Collectors …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.5. Wide …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.6. Knuckles …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.7. Connection …
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16. Iris Scott is A Master Finger Painter – And Her Paintings Sell For $40,000 | Master Craft posted by Insider Art. Watch the video about iris Scott and write sentences about it using the words given below.

16.8. Fur …
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