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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin is no longer concerned with what?
(a) His ideas.
(b) Pleasing himself.
(c) Being an artist.
(d) The art world context.

2. Irwin intends that viewers will experience what?
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Confusion.
(c) A different world than was present before they entered.
(d) A moment of tranquility.

3. Irwin, through his journey of self-discovery, has learned to do what?
(a) Deal with presence without the reductiveness.
(b) Deal with presence with the deductiveness.
(c) Deal with presence without the deductiveness.
(d) Deal with presence with the reductiveness.

4. Irwin is intrigued by the concept of becoming ________________ which held the dual challenge of becoming responsible.
(a) Retrievable.
(b) Reliable.
(c) Reasonable.
(d) Reversible.

5. What appeals to Irwin regarding these thinkers?
(a) The inroads made by them in this field.
(b) Their level of intelligence and understanding.
(c) The commitment made by them and the scale of their ambitions.
(d) The amount of education they have all received.

6. Due to changing light and time of day, this fabric appears how?
(a) Shiny and dull.
(b) Alternately transparent and opaque.
(c) Textured and smooth.
(d) Dark and light.

7. Turrell eventually drops out of the project with no explanation. Perhaps he had fallen under what?
(a) The Anxiety of Science.
(b) The Anxiety of Experimentation.
(c) The Anxiety of Influence.
(d) The Anxiety of Art.

8. Describe his writing.
(a) Flowery and detailed.
(b) Dry and boring.
(c) Simple and straightforward.
(d) Convoluted, mired in itself and rambling.

9. What does Irwin feel will help clear his mind in his journey of discovery?
(a) The vastness of the ocean.
(b) The heat of the desert.
(c) The barrenness of the desert.
(d) The business of the city.

10. In general, Irwin's post-Whitney works are substantially ______________________ than his pre-Whitney projects.
(a) Smaller-scale, less expensive and simpler.
(b) Larger-scale, more expensive and less complex.
(c) Smaller-scale, less expensive and more complex.
(d) Larger-scale, more expensive and more complex.

11. The room implicitly represents what?
(a) The Mojave Desert.
(b) Happiness.
(c) A journey to a new beginning.
(d) Simplicity.

12. How does the Mojave seem to Irwin?
(a) Odd.
(b) Magical.
(c) Scary.
(d) Hot.

13. How do critics and viewers find the disc displays?
(a) Strange and unusual.
(b) Looming and menacing.
(c) Boring and devoid of energy.
(d) Ravishingly beautiful.

14. He uses vast lighting to feature a project in Berkeley and is disappointed when?
(a) The lighting itself receives more attention than the color.
(b) The space itself receives more attention than the lighting.
(c) The color itself receives more attention than the other elements.
(d) The lighting itself receives more attention than the space.

15. Irwin sets about reading everything he can about this philosophy, sometimes spending how much time reading, analyzing, and trying to understand every turn of phrase?
(a) All day.
(b) A week.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) An hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ years after the Whitney opening, Irwin is busy with multiple proposals for projects for cities and universities.

2. There is a thin black ________ around the room at eye level.

3. Between ___________ and 1970, Irwin's work can be chartered by time and focused progression.

4. After gaining understanding of the basics, Irwin does what?

5. Irwin wants to make art of what?

(see the answer keys)

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