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Appropriation

Appropriation in art involves borrowing recognizable images from various sources to create new works, differing from copying or forgery which aims to deceive viewers. It can take forms such as object appropriation, where tangible artworks are transferred between cultures, and content appropriation, where ideas from one culture are reused in artistic expressions. Additionally, style and motif appropriations involve adopting stylistic elements or basic motifs from other cultures without replicating their entire style.

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Appropriation

Appropriation in art involves borrowing recognizable images from various sources to create new works, differing from copying or forgery which aims to deceive viewers. It can take forms such as object appropriation, where tangible artworks are transferred between cultures, and content appropriation, where ideas from one culture are reused in artistic expressions. Additionally, style and motif appropriations involve adopting stylistic elements or basic motifs from other cultures without replicating their entire style.

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Appropriation Major Points:

■ Refers to borrowing images that are


recognizable from different sources and using
these borrowed images to make a new art
form.
■ Means of experimentation by changing the
context around borrowed images and objects.
■ Artist establish original artwork in new context.
■ Appropriation is different from copying or
forgery.
■ Forgery or copying tries to deceive the viewers
into thinking that they are looking at an original
work of art.
Object Appropriation

■ It occurs when the possession of a tangible


work of art is transferred from members of
one culture to members of another culture.

■ Examples:
■ Ifugao huts transferred to manila or other
places
■ Cordillera antiques in the different
museums across US
■ The Parthenon by Lord Elgin
Content Appropriation

■ It could be a musical composition, a


painting, a story, or a poem. An artist
has made significant reuse of an
idea first expressed in the work of an
artist from another culture.

■ Examples:

■ Cordilleran country songs patterned


from the west
■ Starry Night by Don Mclean
Style Appropriation

■ Style appropriation happens when artists produce works


with stylistic elements in common with the works of
another culture.
■ Examples
Musicians who are not part of African- American culture
but who compose original jazz or blues
Mainstream Australians who paint in the style of aboriginal
peoples
Motif Appropriation

■ Motif appropriation is related to style appropriation but only basic motifs are
appropriated.

■ When artists are influenced by the art of a culture other than their own without creating
works in the same style
■ Example: Picasso’s motif appropriation
Subject Appropriation

■ Subject appropriation happens when artists appropriate a


subject matter, namely another culture or some of its members.

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