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What is APPROPRIATION?
Borrowing, copying, or recontextualising existing images, objects, ideas, or materials to create new meaning.
Creates visual interest through recognisable imagery.
Adds irony, critique, or homage.
Challenges the ideas of originality and authorship.
Questions cultural or historical narratives.
Examples of APPROPRIATION in Art
Marilyn Diptych, 1962, Silkscreen Print, Andy Warhol
Appropriation of celebrity imagery
Whaam!, 1963, Silkscreen Print, Roy Lichtenstein
Appropriation of comic
Great Criticism Series, Wang Guangyi
Appropriation of consumer brands and Chinese propaganda poster imagery
The Walk Home, 2012, KAWS
Appropriation of cartoon series, Spongebob Squarepants
After Walker Evans, 1981, Sherrie Levine
Rephotograph of Walker Evans' photographs
Lim Peh, Sam Lo (SKL0)
Appropriation of Lee Kuan Yew's image
How to APPROPRIATE?
Take a well-known artwork, media image, or cultural symbol and alter its context, meaning, or appearance.
Combine appropriated elements with your own imagery.
Use digital tools or colleague to remix visual sources.
Change the medium (e.g. repainting a famous photo).
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