Appropriation (Art) (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 93-70652: Young, C.R. The purloined image, c1993: p. 6, etc. (appropriation: a phenomenon of contemporary realist art using famous and easily identifiable images taken from the history of art as subjects of new works that simultaneously reference the orginal work and become a personal and individual statement by the artist in his or her contemporary context)

AAT (appropriation (critical concept): In Postmodern art, the practice of borrowing pre-existing forms or images in order to bring into question issues of originality in art; UF appropriated imagery, appropriated images, appropriationism)

Art speak (appropriation: the practice of creating a new work by taking a pre-existing image from another context--art history, advertising, the media--and combining that appropriated image with new ones; 1980s in Europe & U.S.)

Art of appropriation, c1985.

Jansen. Hist. art: p. 754 (appropriation)

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