In the 1990s, installation combined many mediums in one space. Which of the following mediums did it NOT combine?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Printmaking
Option (1) Painting — Combined in installation. Painting is the first medium named; one wall of an installation could show a painting.
Option (2) Video — Combined in installation. Video was the newly available medium of the 1990s, and installation brought it into the same space.
Option (3) Television — Combined in installation. Installation took in even television, along with video.
Option (4) Printmaking — Not combined in installation. Printmaking is the medium that Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore used in the 1940s to reach many people with social concerns.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “New Media Art: from 1990s …Medium like easel painting and sculpture that was created by artists, who would earlier proudly sign on them as an expression of their unique creativity, lost importance. Instead, the newly available medium, i.e., video caught their attention. … However, the art form that was increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. It provided a way to combine painting, sculpture, photography, video and even television in one space.” |