Mouthing Off

Million Dollar Smile

Pop artist Tom Wesselmann's 1966 oil painting 'Mouth Number 8'  (pictured) was amongst a group of 125 artworks owned by 'Playboy' magazine sold at a New York auction house this week. The picture of a scarlet lipsticked mouth was bought for $1.9 million (£1.2m), but it's sale scarcely leaves the Playboy Art Collection, which is stored in a warehouse in Chicago, significantly depleted as it contains 5,000 contemporary works of art and 20 million photographs. The activity at Christie's, which included the sale of a Salvador Dali nude previously owned by 'Playboy' founder Hugh Hefner, prompted the Highly Questionable? team to adopt contemporary art as the theme of today's quiz.  

Contemporary Art Quiz

1 Which artist recently had their art installation of ceramic sunflower seeds at the Tate Modern in London closed due to health and saftey fears?

2 What image in the video installation 'Fire In My Belly' by David Wojnarowicz sparked outrage from senior U.S. politicians which led earlier this week to the contemporary art work's removal from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington?

3 Which Glasgow born, Berlin based artist won the Turner Prize this week, so becoming the first recipient of the award to garner such recognition for a sound art installation?   

4 Which contemporary British artist has been a member of Fat Les, the band that has included amongst it's lineup Alex James of Blur fame and actor Keith Allen?

5 In which form of contemporary art does the creator of work identify themselves by means of a 'tag'?
The answers will be published along with tomorrow's quiz questions.

Snow Quiz Answers

The answers to yesterday's snow themed quiz were:-

1 Greenland.

2 Robert Frost.

3 Advocaat.

4 'Walking In The Air'.

5 Asia.