Appropriation

What is appropriation?

Appropriation in art involves using pre-existing images or objects with little or no modification. This technique has played a significant role across various art forms, including visual arts, music, performance, and literature. In visual arts, appropriation refers to the practice of adopting, sampling, recycling, or borrowing elements—or even entire forms—of existing visual culture, integrating them into new works to create meaning or critique.
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B

Baldessari, John

Banksy,

Batchelor, David

Brown, Glenn

Bryce, Fernando

C

Camnitzer, Luis

Collier, Anne

Cornell, Joseph

D

D'Arcangelo, Allan

Dine, Jim

Dr Lakra,

Duchamp, Marcel

F

Fahlstrom, Oyvind

Fairey, Shepard

Faldbakken, Matias

Ferrari, León

Fleury, Sylvie

Fontaine, Claire

G

Gallagher, Ellen

Gamarra, Sandra

Gates, Theaster

Guangyi, Wang

Guyton, Wade

H

Hamilton, Richard

Harrison, Rachel

Havekost, Eberhard

Hirst, Damien

I

Immendorf, Jorg

Invader,

J

Johns, Jasper

Jones, Allen

Jorn, Asger

K

KAWS,

Koons, Jeff

Kosuth, Joseph

Kruger, Barbara

L

Lang, Wes

Lavier, Bertrand

Lawler, Louise

Le Rat, Blek

Leirner, Nelson

Levine, Sherrie

Lichtenstein, Roy

Ligon, Glenn

M

Minjun, Yue

Monk, Jonathan

Mr. Brainwash,

Muniz, Vik

Mutu, Wangechi

O

O'Grady, Lorraine

Oldenburg, Claes

P

Paik, Nam June

Phillips, Richard

Piper, Adrian

Polke, Sigmar

Porter, Liliana

Prince, Richard

Prouvost, Laure

R

Rana, Rashid

Rauschenberg, Robert

Richter, Gerhard

Rosenquist, James

Ruff, Thomas

S

Sasnal, Wilhelm

Stingel, Rudolf

T

Turk, Gavin

Tuymans, Luc

V

Van Kerckhoven, Anne-Mie

Vasconcelos, Joana

van Eeden, Marcel

W

Warhol, Andy

Willis Thomas, Hank

Y

Yan, Huang

Z

Zevs,

Zhengjie, Feng

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