Which One is Art?

Sometimes artists will make a painting or sculpture that really pushes the boundaries of what most people might consider formal "art." Quite often, when these artists first show these boundary-testing art works, the initial reaction by the public can be confusion or even outrage, and it isn't until years later that the work is better understood and accepted as being of art historical importance. In each of the image pairings below, one image is the "real" art work and the other is a similar image. Can you identify which are the actual artworks by Robert Rauschenberg, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Ellsworth Kelly, and Damient Hirst?


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Bed, by Robert Rauschenberg, next to a picture of an unmade bed

1. Which of these two images is Robert Rauschenberg's "Bed" collage from 1955?

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  • Image #2

Fountain, a readymade by Marcel Duchamp next to a regular urinal

2. Which one of these is Marcel Duchamp's "Readymade" titled "Fountain?"

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  • Image #2

A painting by Roy Lichtenstein alongside an Archie Cartoon

3. Which cartoon image is actually a Roy Lichtenstein painting?

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  • Image #2

A painting by Ellsworth Kelly next to a street sign

4. Which one of these images is an Ellsworth Kelly painting?

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  • Image #2

a view of a shark at an aquarium and Damien Hirst's Shark sculpture

5. Which shark display is by British artist Damien Hirst?

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  • Image #2

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