Author Question: Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with happenings. His primary claim was that: A. art ... (Read 39 times)

ahriuashd · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with happenings. His primary claim was that:

A. art should be a permanent physical record of an event.
B. art should concentrate on its basic forms of sculpture and painting.
C. artists had to have credentials and advanced training.
D. American art was not meeting the desires of the general public.
E. art was most like life itself.

Question 2

Appropriation contends that the meaning of a work of art:

A. is determined solely by the artist.
B. is of no importance.
C. has no relation to other art.
D. is unstable and communal.
E. is fixed by art critics.

aidanmbrowne · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

E
Happenings eliminated the art object, taking the form of staged events that were open to spontaneity and encouraged audience participation.

Answer to Question 2

D
Appropriation is linked to Duchamp, who presented the creations of others as his own and in doing so gave them new meaning.