Author Question: Discuss examples of the use of commodity culture in sculpture. What will be an ideal ... (Read 116 times)

pepyto · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Discuss examples of the use of commodity culture in sculpture.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe the Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio, identify who made it, and place it in a category of sculpture.

What will be an ideal response?

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

Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Louise Nevelson's Sky Cathedral is made from wood scraps and found objects, elevating them to an almost spiritual level.
2. Jeff Koons's sculptures are re-creations of commodity culture using objects such as basketballs alluding to the culture's adoration of athletics.
3. Jeff Koons's sculptures include subjects of commodity culture that border on kitsch such as Michael Jackson and Bubbles in executed in porcelain and gold.
4. Jeff Koons uses materials of commodity culture such as living plants in the giant Puppy.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. It is made of earth materials in the shape of a spiral, nearly a quarter of a mile long.
2. It is an ancient American Indian earthwork built by the Hopewell culture between 600 BCE and 200 CE.