Appropriation / Appreciation Art UNIT
Appropriation / Appreciation Art UNIT
Appropriation / Appropriation Art
Definition: (noun) - To appropriate is to take possession of something. Appropriation artists deliberately copy images to take possession of them in their art. They are not stealing or plagiarizing. They are not passing off these images as their very own. Not at all. Appropriation artists want the viewer to recognize the images they copy, and they hope that the viewer will bring all of his/her original associations with the image to the artist's new context, be it a painting, a sculpture, a collage, a combine or an entire installation.The deliberate "borrowing" of an image for this new context is called "recontextualization." Recontextualization helps the artist comment on the image's original meaning and the viewer's association with the original image.
Barack Obama "Hope" poster, 2008
A good way to begin to understand Appropriation is to learn about the “OBAMA POSTER” by Shephard Fairey
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In January 2009, after Obama had won the election, Fairey's mixed-media stenciled portrait version of the image was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for its National Portrait Gallery. Later that month, the photograph that Fairey based the poster on was identified and the AP began negotiations for compensation. Fairey sued for a declaratory judgment that his poster was a fair use of the photograph. The parties settled out of court in January 2011. In February 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty to destroying and fabricating evidence showing that he had used the photograph; in September, he was sentenced to two years of probation, 300 hours of community service, and a fine of $25,000.
Start to think about the differences between “Appropriation” and “Appreciation”.
In your opinion, do YOU think Shepard Fairey was Appropriating? Appreciating? Or Stealing?
(share at least ONE good reason why)
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Start to look and read about at the artwork below.
In YOUR opinion, are each of these Appropriating? Appreciating or Stealing? (share at least ONE good reason why, for EACH)
SUBMIT YOUR REASONS AND OPINIONS TO THE CLASS ASSIGNMENT… then we will begin the Julia Curtin Project.
