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Edward Kienholz, a Common card
Edward Ralph Kienholz was an American installation artist and assemblage sculptor whose work was highly critical of aspects of modern life.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Edward Kienholz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edward Kienholz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1972 onwards, he assembled much of his artwork in close collaboration with his ______ partner and fifth wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz.
Answer
artistic. From 1972 onwards, he assembled much of his artwork in close collaboration with his artistic partner and fifth wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz. From the Edward Kienholz article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Throughout much of their career, the work of the Kienholzes was more appreciated in Europe than in their native United States, though American museums have featured their art more prominently since the ____s.
Answer
1990s. Throughout much of their career, the work of the Kienholzes was more appreciated in Europe than in their native United States, though American museums have featured their art more prominently since the 1990s. From the Edward Kienholz article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- From 1972 onwards, he assembled much of his artwork in close collaboration with his artistic partner and fifth wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz.
- Throughout much of their career, the work of the Kienholzes was more appreciated in Europe than in their native United States, though American museums have featured their art more prominently since the 1990s.
- Art critic Brian Sewell called Edward Kienholz "the least known, most neglected and forgotten American artist of Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation of the 1950s, a contemporary of the writers Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Norman Mailer, his visual imagery at least as grim, gritty, sordid and depressing as their literary vocabulary".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edward Kienholz article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edward Kienholz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nelson Tiffany, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
