2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF APPROPRIATION
“Appropriation” refers to the
artistic practice of creating a
new work of art by using a real
object or even an existing work
of art. The practice can be
tracked back to the Cubist
collages and constructions of
Picasso and Georges Braque
made from 1912 on, in which
real objects such as newspapers
were included in the work to
represent themselves.
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TATE GLOSSARY: Appropriation 1912, Composition with Fruit, Guitar and Glass, Pablo Picasso
10. INSPIRATION & APPROPRIATION
“The things I see around me
are the base of my work, and
as I get bored of one thing, my
scope changes. I’m a very
visual person. I’ll see all this
communist propaganda with
its message and the power
behind it. I’ll force myself to
find out motivation and the
inspiration for the art. I read
about it, also, because I don’t
want to seem like a dumb ass
not knowing what I’m borrowing
from or inspired by.”
INTERNATIONAL TATTOO MAGAZINE, March 1999 (3) 2006, Street Art by Shepard Fairey