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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. His dissatisfaction compels him to begin an association with what Gallery, which fostered the coming of age of the modernist artist in LA in the sixties?
(a) Papillon Gallery.
(b) Subliminal Projects Gallery.
(c) DF2 Gallery.
(d) The Ferus Gallery.

2. In Robert's early days, subjects include what?
(a) Old men, derelicts and atypical scenery.
(b) Horses, cars and atypical scenery.
(c) Women, cars and the ocean.
(d) Old men, derelicts, and horses.

3. In 1970, the young curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York invites the controversial Robert Irwin to do what?
(a) Become a member of their teaching staff.
(b) Perform a transformation of a small, abandoned room in the Museum.
(c) Display his work in the main gallery.
(d) Join their board of directors.

4. By the late '60s he creates rooms devoid of what?
(a) Texture.
(b) Color.
(c) Objects.
(d) Light.

5. After leaving art school, Irwin spends many months and years in Europe over the course of the next ______ years.
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is a semi-transparent material used in Holland and other locales for window dressing.

2. A gallery displaying some of Irwin's work includes in his catalog commentary that, "The art is what has happened to __________" (p. 92).

3. He cut short his time in Europe by doing what?

4. Maurice Tuchman, curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, enlists the cooperation of some __________________ corporate institutions to place artists in an Art and Technology program.

5. By painstakingly creating red then ___________ dots, all closely aligned, on a ultra-white surface, Irwin is able to create energy.

(see the answer key)

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