APAH - Global Contemporary

Given the clue, enter the name of the Global Contemporary work most-applicable. Some clues may apply to multiple works, but only include that which are referenced (via a featured artwork) on the 250 list.

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Hint	Artwork
Her left earlobe has chicken feet, insect legs, and pinchers	Preying Mantra
Its main subject is bereft of mode and body of transport	Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
Red colors denote blood and themes of lust	Untitled #228
Has a hollowed-out figure seen in the round; a staple of the artist's sculptures	Androgyne III
Work derived from museum delivering paint to tribe to raise awareness	Earth's Creation
Criticized as "burgeois liberation:" claimed meaningless and subversive	A Book from the Sky
Has four channels of amplified stereo sound from four different speakers	The Crossing
Has sports memorabilia from the Washington Redskins	Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
Made by Ai Weiwei	Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds)
Large crack beginning at a hairline and then widens to two feet deep	Shibboleth
Suggests excitement of competition via chaos of swirling lines in its composition	Stadia II
Made by Pepón Osorio	En la Barberia no se Llora
Made by Xu Bing	A Book from the Sky
A V-shaped war monument cut into the earth inspired by the Minimalist Movement	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Located in Bilbao, Spain	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Forms a cloth-like hanging but not made of a soft material and power tools were used to shape	Old Man's Cloth
Walls and interior staircases ebb and flow with some symmetry and asymmetry	MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Cast shadows created from the viewer create audience participation	Darkytown Rebellion
Discusses machismo (extreme masculinity in Latino male culture)	En la Barberia no se Llora
Refernces the idea of physical distance between two groups and gaps in relationships	Shibboleth
Produces a shimmering surface that changes due to atmospheric conditions due to its material	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Unique interpretation of traditional Japanese art forms by a Japanese artist	Pure Land
Made by Frank Gehry	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Originally housed in National Museum of Fine Arts in Beijing; relocated after criticism	A Book from the Sky
List the names of 60,000 casulaties in order of when reported killed or missing	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Mounted in the winter to maximize the color-impact of the work, contrasting with the barren trees	The Gates
Made via large pieces of black paper drawn with greasy white pencil or soft pastel, then cut with a knife	Darkytown Rebellion
The New-Jersey-born artist is the photographer, the subject, consumer, hairdresser, and makeup artist in her works	Untitled #228
Combines collage elements with abstract brushwork	Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
Though complimentary figure typically scene as bad omen, this connotation is not present	Lying with the Wolf

Hint	Artwork
Made by Cindy Sherman	Untitled #228
Reflects a scar into the earth; reflection of the impact of war	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Contradictorily suggesting "prey" and "preying" simultaneously	Preying Mantra
Made by Jaune Quick-to-see Smith	Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
Multilayered, sweeping lines create animation and depth	Stadia II
In a large black room with 12-foot-tall screens	The Crossing
Hallmark of neo-expressionism	Horn Players
Abstract representation of trees	Summer Trees
Name references idea of excluding people from a group: xenophobia, racism, and colonialism	Shibboleth
Shows subtle tonal variations in the ink	Summer Trees
Made by Yinka Shonibare	The Swing (after Fragonard)
Made by Kiki Smith	Lying with the Wolf
Has four hidden wheels on the work's bottom	Pisupo Lua Afe
Often engaged in a multimedia performance art called The Challenge	Pisupo Lua Afe
Made by Maya Lin	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
References Judges 12:6 in which the Ephraimites who mispronounced a word were execute	Shibboleth
Uses subtle tonal shifts of gray to contrast with shiny black paint	MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Made by an Ethiopian artist who, along with Wangechi Mutu, is a part of "Africa's Out"	Stadia II
References Chinese art forms: scrolls, screens, books, and paper	A Book from the Sky
Built in a neighboorhood building in Hartford, Connecticut, not in a museum	En la Barberia no se Llora
Famous scene depicted, has been painted by Caravaggio and others; often adds a maid to the work	Untitled #228
Meant to be hung like a cloth, with museums getting the freedom to hang however fits best	Old Man's Cloth
Has swirling forms the contrast with the city's industrial landscape	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
One side shows flames consuming a figure, beginning at his feet and engulfing him in a roaring fire	The Crossing
Built in 2009 as a staple of Deconstructivism	MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Is composed of two video recordings	The Crossing
Overhead projectors throw colored light onto the walls, ceilings, and floor	Darkytown Rebellion
Frontal gaze of subject depicts the counteracting of objectification and the Western tradition of exotic female nudes in opulent settings	Rebellious Silence
Made by a Puerto-Rican artist	En la Barberia no se Llora
Neon symbolizes motel and restaurant signs	Electronic Superhighway