Appropriation

Book Overview

Important documents and appraisals of appropriation art from Duchamp's readymades to feminist and postcolonial critique.

Scavenging, replicating, or remixing, many influential artists today reinvent a legacy of "stealing" images and forms from other makers. Among the diverse, often contestatory strategies included under the heading "appropriation" are the readymade, d tournement, pastiche, rephotography, recombination, simulation and parody...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262550709
• ISBN13: 9780262550703
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher