The more you know…. APPROPRIATION VS. ATTRIBUTION
APPROPRIATION : BORROW/INFLUENCE Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts (literary, visual, musical and performing arts).
MORE APPROPRIATION… The borrowed elements may include images, forms or styles from art history or from popular culture, or materials and techniques from non- art contexts. Since the 1980s the term has also referred more specifically to quoting the work of another artist to create a new work. Appropriation is not just copying as it is consciously trying to communicate through borrowing.
WHY APPROPRIATE….? Appropriation may be carried out for various reasons….. - Pay respect or admire other art (homage) - Create new meaning - To challenge ideas about art or topics - To learn style or technique - Question the concept of originality or / artistic tradition
Synonyms include: acknowledgement, ascription, assignment & credit. Think of attribution as a way to show relation to something else. An artistic “family member” “The characteristics of __________ that we see in ______” Attribution can also be used to assign style, medium, influence to a specific artist or group of peoples. ATTRIBUTION
This version of Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas can be attributed to Pablo Picasso for what reasons?
On basis of style, the work shown can be attributed to…. Julie Mehretu Densely layered abstract paintings and prints.
LEFT: MOREAU – EVE RIGHT: MATISSE – THE PURPLE ROBE Attribute Moreau’s Eve to Matisse’s The purple robe Compare & Contrast