What 1960's Visual Artist Are You?

The 1960s were a period of immense creative expension in all the arts in America. Experimentation and innovation were the words of the day. Several young visual artists came into the spotlight during this decade.

Were you born too late, and wonder where you would have fit in in the psychadelic world of the 1960s? Did you live through the '60s, and need a reminder of what they were like? Take this quiz and find out!

Created by: Sarah Chapman

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. What materials do you prefer to use in your artwork?
Paint.
Camera and film.
Silkscreen.
Paint, newspaper, charcoal, that sort of thing.
Paint, fabric, plants, my own body...pretty much anything.
4. Which of the following best matches your views on artists?
"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them."
"I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse."
"I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason."
"Artists are going to be the metronome of this society."
"I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?"
5. With what kind of art do you most associate?
Photography.
Pop art.
Conceptual art.
Neo-Dadaism.
Abstract expressionism...and pop art.
6. Which of the following would you be most likely to say?
"I tend to like things that already exist."
"I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting."
"I am a deeply superficial person."
"When you go to war, both sides lose totally."
"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."
7. Who or what has most influenced your life?
Surrealism.
Marcel Duchamp.
Lisette Model.
Commercial art.
DC Comics.
8. Which of the folloing best describes how you get along with others?
"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."
"I'm not going to doubt my life."
"In America the biggest is the best."
"Nothing is ever the same as they said it was."
"I never wish for critics."
9. Where do you get your inspiration?
From the irregularities I see in the world.
From the injustice I see in the world.
From television.
From comic books.
From symbols I see around me.
10. Which of the following most closely describes your creative process?
"Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that."
"I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me."
"Art is my life and my life is art."
"I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself."
"Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art."
11. Which of the following best describes how you feel about art?
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own."
"Everyone is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think seeing a picture is one thing and interpreting it is another."
"Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms."
"Every drop in the ocean counts."
"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know."
12. What is it like to be inside your head?
"I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it."
"Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television."
"I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts."
"Life with another person is always difficult."
"You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw."

1. What is your age?

Under 18 Years Old

18 to 24 Years Old

25 to 30 Years Old

31 to 40 Years Old

41 to 50 Years Old

51 to 60 Years Old

Over 60 Years Old

2. What is your gender?

Male

Female

3. What materials do you prefer to use in your artwork?

Paint.

Camera and film.

Silkscreen.

Paint, newspaper, charcoal, that sort of thing.

Paint, fabric, plants, my own body...pretty much anything.

4. Which of the following best matches your views on artists?

"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them."

"I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse."

"I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason."

"Artists are going to be the metronome of this society."

"I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?"

5. With what kind of art do you most associate?

Photography.

Pop art.

Conceptual art.

Neo-Dadaism.

Abstract expressionism...and pop art.

6. Which of the following would you be most likely to say?

"I tend to like things that already exist."

"I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting."

"I am a deeply superficial person."

"When you go to war, both sides lose totally."

"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."

7. Who or what has most influenced your life?

Surrealism.

Marcel Duchamp.

Lisette Model.

Commercial art.

DC Comics.

8. Which of the folloing best describes how you get along with others?

"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

"I'm not going to doubt my life."

"In America the biggest is the best."

"Nothing is ever the same as they said it was."

"I never wish for critics."

9. Where do you get your inspiration?

From the irregularities I see in the world.

From the injustice I see in the world.

From television.

From comic books.

From symbols I see around me.

10. Which of the following most closely describes your creative process?

"Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that."

"I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me."

"Art is my life and my life is art."

"I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself."

"Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art."

11. Which of the following best describes how you feel about art?

"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own."

"Everyone is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think seeing a picture is one thing and interpreting it is another."

"Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms."

"Every drop in the ocean counts."

"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know."

12. What is it like to be inside your head?

"I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it."

"Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television."

"I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts."

"Life with another person is always difficult."

"You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw."

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