What’s Yours Is Mine
The Mona Lisa, The Starry Night; both are iconic and widely known paintings that anyone can recognize at a quick glimpse. When appropriation artists create their artwork, they keep enough of the image to keep it recognizable to viewers because of the value that the original image holds. They should keep their viewers ‘in the know’ by simply referencing the original artwork, isn’t that the right thing to do? The original masterpiece and its context are attached to a different meaning or process as well. Many still debate if their work should count as art because of the stigma surrounding the subject.
Appropriation artists are known for their creative replications or mimics of original artwork created by well-known artists,
The Mona Lisa, The Starry Night; both are iconic and widely known paintings that anyone can recognize at a quick glimpse. When appropriation artists create their artwork, they keep enough of the image to keep it recognizable to viewers because of the value that the original image holds. They should keep their viewers ‘in the know’ by simply referencing the original artwork, isn’t that the right thing to do? The original masterpiece and its context are attached to a different meaning or process as well. Many still debate if their work should count as art because of the stigma surrounding the subject.
Appropriation artists are known for their creative replications or mimics of original artwork created by well-known artists,