Appropriation according to dictionary.com is, “the act of setting apart of taking for one’s own use”. I think that what Richard was doing with screen shots of Instagram images was stealing. For one, appropriation is for ones own use. And I think that once you start making money off of it then it’s stealing. I think that appropriation is an interesting view or gain inspiration to create something more with other art. It becomes complicated when people start making money off your work. When transforming work to produce a new expression or meaning I think the right thing to do to give credit to the artist that you took the work from. It just seems like the right thing to do too. His work does not fall under the fair use category nor do I think that his Canal Zone work should have be considered a transformative fair use of Cariou’s photography’s in the second trial.
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That into relationship with the way his work for canal zone looks aesthetically pleasing to me, it just doesn’t appeal to me A screen shot of someone else’s work with some emojies around the side, for $100,000, sounds like rich people with too much money. I think that it looks unappealing and I don’t like the way it looks personally. I understand that it is fair use as long as the nature and target audiences are different of the originals. I’m just shocked. Shocked that this guy has such a big name, that high-end art collectors would go out and collect Princes Instagram “appropriation” work. And I really just don’t think its fair to be making money off of someone else’s work when your justifying appropriation by changing a caption. Its not fair and if I were in the Cariou’s or any of those artist shoes I would be upset that someone was making money off of my images just by selling them to a different audience with no money going into my
That into relationship with the way his work for canal zone looks aesthetically pleasing to me, it just doesn’t appeal to me A screen shot of someone else’s work with some emojies around the side, for $100,000, sounds like rich people with too much money. I think that it looks unappealing and I don’t like the way it looks personally. I understand that it is fair use as long as the nature and target audiences are different of the originals. I’m just shocked. Shocked that this guy has such a big name, that high-end art collectors would go out and collect Princes Instagram “appropriation” work. And I really just don’t think its fair to be making money off of someone else’s work when your justifying appropriation by changing a caption. Its not fair and if I were in the Cariou’s or any of those artist shoes I would be upset that someone was making money off of my images just by selling them to a different audience with no money going into my