Author Question: Zhang Dali's motif of the silhouetted head, its negative space, and theme of displacement in ... (Read 123 times)

burchfield96 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Zhang Dali's motif of the silhouetted head, its negative space, and theme of displacement in Dialogue and Demolition No. 50 compares visually and thematically to

a) the central figures in Aspiration.
b) the banda dance mask.
c) the haniwa figures of Hinomaru Illumination.
d) the cast shadows in The Glass of Absinthe.

Question 2

What is true regarding the visual style of The Migration of the Negro, Panel No. 60?

a) The artist's use of simplified, abstract figures reduces individual identities to emphasize group association and mass identity.
b) The artist is mimicking the primitive style of African visual traditions and rejecting Western conventions of representation.
c) The combination of primary colors applied to clothing alongside flat black figures emphasizes the multiracial identity of the crowd.
d) The artist is avoiding realism to emphasize the unrealistic expectations of the migrating population.