Everybody Loves Contemporary Art and Marfa, Texas! Right? by Michalle

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Quiz Description

This quiz is based on the work of artist and sculptor Donald Judd and his compatriots, particularly those associated with the museum Judd founded in Marfa. This is my first time writing a quiz so be gentle and also the museum is great and the town has an awesome Mayor, so please visit!

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Questions:

What is the name of the contemporary art museum in Marfa, TX that is "based upon the ideas of its founder" Donald Judd.

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Chinati Foundation

In 1988, the artist Carl Andre was acquitted of second-degree murder charges relating to the death of his wife: a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist. What was her name?

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Ana Mendieta

What is the name of the art movement MOST prominantly associated with Donald Judd, although he personally disavowed this term.

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minimalism

Donald Judd named his son after what artist, famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures, as shown in the attached picture.

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Dan Flavin

Which singer performed “Scales” - a mix of compositions and original arrangements from her 2016 album A Seat at the Table - in front of a Donald Judd installation in October 2017? She is also known for her sibling relationship with another famous singer and a certain incident in an elevator with that sister's husband. First name required, last name optional.

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Solange Knowles

What object has been crushed and compressed to form each of these sculptures by John Chamberlain?

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cars

Although Marfa is most prominently known for its association with Donald Judd, it is also the setting for what naughtily-named Jill Soloway amazon series starring Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Hahn?

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I Love Dick

Donald Judd also had a living and working space in SoHo, popular with artists for the availability there of former commercial Manhattan lofts that provided large areas, large windows admitting natural light, and low rents. SoHo stands for South of what street?

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Houston Street

A sculpture by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen on the grounds of the museum founded by Judd in Marfa pays tribute to its former history as a United States military fort. This piece is a monument honoring what kind of animal?

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a horse

What was the function of the building formerly associated with the fort that was controversially destroyed and replaced in July 2016 with a new large-scale artwork by Robert Irwin - the only permanent, freestanding structure conceived and designed by Irwin as a total work of art. The original building is shown in the attached picture but I don't know how much that'll help you!

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hospital

Re-arrange the letters in Marfa and you get "am far" - which is a pretty accurate description. Of the cities in Texas with a population of at least 100,000, which is the closest to Marfa according to my primitive calculations on google maps. The exploits of this town's football team served as the inspiration for the various incarnations of Friday Night Lights.

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Odessa

Complete the titles of either of these famous works of Judd's that are housed by the museum described in Question One: "100 untitled works in _____ (1982-1986)" or "15 untitled works in ______" In each case, the missing word(s) are the name of the material the sculpture is made out of.

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mill aluminum/concrete