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Appropriation What makes something a work of art? If its a questions of the artists hand or concept, how much does the original thing need to be transformed? What is the value of the artists signature? What is real? This question


  1. Appropriation

  2. What makes something a work of art? If it’s a questions of the artist’s hand or concept, how much does the original thing need to be transformed? What is the value of the artist’s signature?

  3. What is real? This question extends beyond art. • How do we perform gender? • Does photography show truth? • What can and cannot be sold?

  4. Different instances of “appropriation” ● Readymade, focuses on the role of “the artist” and art institutions ● Photography ● Creation of alter egos, or playing a role ● Substitution, nonsense (a Dada approach)

  5. ● Readymade, focuses on the role of “the artist” and art institutions

  6. Questioning Authorship

  7. ● Photography

  8. ● Creation of alter egos, or playing a role

  9. “You could get Marilyn Munroe in your own personal color” Celebrity identification

  10. Yasumasa Morimura

  11. ● Substitution, nonsense (a Dada approach)

  12. Equivocate: use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself. Vs. Subversive: seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

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