Appropriation in Art By Sophie Mitchell
Some words that might be needed when understanding appropriation in art are convention, postmodern and appropriation. Appropriation means to take an image from the past and put in new context so that it changes it’s meaning. The meaning of convention is the rules and standards in art. Postmodern is new, different, experimental art that questions the conventions of art. Postmodern artist challenge the conventions of art by using different and unusual materials and doing things that have never been done before, something that is different and usually odd. Yasumasa Morimura was born in 1951, Osaka, Japan. He is a Japanese appropriation artist who graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1978 He has …show more content…
It is an appropriation of “The Great Wave at Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai to which he added a dingo surfing a stingray on top of the wave in order to express his views on stereotyping and …show more content…
The existence of a dingo covered in Aboriginal motifs and riding on a stingray in Onus’s work certainly goes against traditional conventions of art, thus making it postmodern. In addition the title does not match the content of the work. He has taken the Japanese artwork “The Great Wave at Kanagawa” then put a dingo with Aboriginal motifs covering it surfing a stingray, the great Aussie sport. He has also added a sunset to the scene. The original Japanese artwork was about the power of nature as shown by the great wave. Onus has added typically Australian elements to show the cultures combining. As the son of a Scottish mother and Aboriginal father much of his work focussed on combination of cultures in this way. Lin Onus’s work “Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minuet” is gouache on illustration, was made in 1992 and is 50 × 38 cm. Lin Onus is a postmodern artist and has challenged the conventions of art by taking someone else artwork then adding a dingo riding a stingray. Dingos do not surf in real life nor do they have aboriginal motifs on
Some words that might be needed when understanding appropriation in art are convention, postmodern and appropriation. Appropriation means to take an image from the past and put in new context so that it changes it’s meaning. The meaning of convention is the rules and standards in art. Postmodern is new, different, experimental art that questions the conventions of art. Postmodern artist challenge the conventions of art by using different and unusual materials and doing things that have never been done before, something that is different and usually odd. Yasumasa Morimura was born in 1951, Osaka, Japan. He is a Japanese appropriation artist who graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1978 He has …show more content…
It is an appropriation of “The Great Wave at Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai to which he added a dingo surfing a stingray on top of the wave in order to express his views on stereotyping and …show more content…
The existence of a dingo covered in Aboriginal motifs and riding on a stingray in Onus’s work certainly goes against traditional conventions of art, thus making it postmodern. In addition the title does not match the content of the work. He has taken the Japanese artwork “The Great Wave at Kanagawa” then put a dingo with Aboriginal motifs covering it surfing a stingray, the great Aussie sport. He has also added a sunset to the scene. The original Japanese artwork was about the power of nature as shown by the great wave. Onus has added typically Australian elements to show the cultures combining. As the son of a Scottish mother and Aboriginal father much of his work focussed on combination of cultures in this way. Lin Onus’s work “Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minuet” is gouache on illustration, was made in 1992 and is 50 × 38 cm. Lin Onus is a postmodern artist and has challenged the conventions of art by taking someone else artwork then adding a dingo riding a stingray. Dingos do not surf in real life nor do they have aboriginal motifs on