For your midterm assignment, please respond to the following questions. Follow the specified guidelines for the length of your response. Please type your responses directly into the word document attached and submit. Your responses should be in 12 pt., 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman font. Make sure to cite to all sources used, even if they are course materials. You may use parenthetical citations, for example (Altschuler 39).

Questions:

– Give an overview of the American Pop Art movement through an exploration of its most representative artists. Discuss the work of 3 artists from this movement. Make reference to way that these artists dealt with the relationship between “high” and “low” culture. Take 1.5 pages (1.5 spaced) to respond.

– What is the historical importance of the exhibition Primary Structures? (Respond by referring to the context, concept of the exhibition, and curator). Provide an overview of the art movement that this exhibition became most well known for (describe its key concepts and figures). Take 1.5 pages (1.5 spaced) to respond.

– What are the most important contributions of Harald Szeemann to exhibition history? Respond to this question by providing examples from his most groundbreaking show. Take 1.5 pages (1.5 spaced) to respond.

– Discuss the importance of photography and its different uses in the work of at least 3 artists we studied in this course in the context of Conceptual art. Refer to the exhibition January 5-31, 1969 and Information. Take 1.5 pages (1.5 spaced) to respond.