Contemporary Agreement: Redefining Visual Principles (without commentary)

1. Appropriation in the arts is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. It can be understood as “the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.” In the visual arts, to appropriate means to properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of […]

Illegal Art Practices: Transformation of Thoughts

These past few weeks, I have been able to watch several graffiti films on youtube. These films would include: Exit through the Gift shop, Graffiti Wars and Alter Ego. Each video raises questions concerning graffiti and art in various ways. After watching the videos, I knew that these films would be great conversation starters for […]