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.
Nine Objects

Gerhard Richter

Nine Objects, 1969

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 15,000 - 19,500

Passing Through (Mono)

KAWS

Passing Through (Mono), 2013

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

GBP 1,950

Lost Time, Alone Again, Far Far Down

KAWS

Lost Time, Alone Again, Far Far Down, 2018

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 40,000 - 50,000

Passing Through (Black)

KAWS

Passing Through (Black), 2013

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

GBP 1,950

Histidyl

Damien Hirst

Histidyl, 2008

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 14,000 - 18,000

Still Life with Red Jar

Roy Lichtenstein

Still Life with Red Jar, 1994

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 18,500 - 24,000

Landschaft mit Wolke

Gerhard Richter

Landschaft mit Wolke, 2026

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 900

Vögel

Gerhard Richter

Vögel, 2026

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 900

The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight

Damien Hirst

The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight, 2007

Limited Edition Print

Etching

GBP 16,000 - 20,000

Gangsta Rat (Unsigned)

Banksy

Gangsta Rat (Unsigned), 2004

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 18,000 - 23,000

CND Soldiers (Unsigned)

Banksy

CND Soldiers (Unsigned), 2005

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 14,000 - 18,200

Jack & Jill

Banksy

Jack & Jill, 2005

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 33,000 - 40,000

Toxic Mary

Banksy

Toxic Mary, 2003

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 34,000 - 42,000

Flowers (F. & S. II.72)

Andy Warhol

Flowers (F. & S. II.72), 1970

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 78,000 - 100,000

On

Roy Lichtenstein

On, 1962/64

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 25,225

Framed Large Fruitful H18-1

Damien Hirst

Framed Large Fruitful H18-1, 2020

Limited Edition Print

Giclée printing

GBP 2,500 - 3,200

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Kitsch

Kitsch is a term used to describe cheap, commercial, sentimental, or vulgar art and objects commonly associated with popular culture. The word is borrowed from German, where it originally means trash. Since the 1920s, kitsch has been used to denote the opposite of high art, often implying that the work lacks sophistication or artistic merit.

Maquette

A maquette is a small-scale model of a sculpture that serves as a preliminary version of the final piece. It allows the artist to experiment with ideas and make adjustments without the expense and effort of creating a full-sized sculpture.

Eat Art

EAT (Experiments in Art and Technology) was a movement formed to foster collaborations between engineers and artists. It facilitated direct, person-to-person connections between these two groups. The movement was originally launched in 1967 by artists Robert Whitman and Robert Rauschenberg, along with engineers Fred Waldhauer and Billy Klüver. EAT carried out various projects and activities that expanded the role of artists in contemporary society, encouraging the integration of art and technology.

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