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Contemporary Artists: Hunt, Gather, Cut, Paste, Mash Up, and Transform

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Contemporary artists are increasingly using found objects, images, and texts in their work. This practice of "appropriation" has a long history in art, but it has taken on new significance in the digital age. With the advent of the internet, artists have access to a vast and ever-expanding pool of images and texts that they can use to create their own unique works of art.

Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up and Transform

by Danielle Krysa

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Appropriation can be used for a variety of purposes. Some artists use found objects to create new sculptures or assemblages. Others use found images to create collages or photomontages. Still others use found texts to create new poems or stories. In all cases, artists are using appropriation to challenge traditional notions of authorship, originality, and creativity.

One of the most famous examples of appropriation in contemporary art is Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans (1962). Warhol simply silkscreened images of Campbell's Soup cans onto canvas. This simple gesture was a radical challenge to the traditional notion of what constitutes a work of art. Warhol's work raised questions about the role of the artist in the creative process and the relationship between art and commerce.

Appropriation has also been used to challenge traditional notions of race, gender, and sexuality. For example, the artist Kara Walker has used found images of slaves and slave owners to create powerful and provocative works of art that explore the history of race and slavery in the United States.

Contemporary artists are using appropriation in a variety of ways to challenge traditional notions of art making. By hunting, gathering, cutting, pasting, mashing up, and transforming found objects, images, and texts, artists are creating new and innovative works of art that reflect the complex and ever-changing world in which we live.

Examples of Contemporary Artists Who Use Appropriation

Andy Warhol
Kara Walker
Richard Prince
Sherrie Levine
Barbara Kruger
Jenny Holzer
Cindy Sherman
Jeff Koons
Damien Hirst
Tracey Emin

Appropriation is a powerful tool that contemporary artists are using to challenge traditional notions of art making. By hunting, gathering, cutting, pasting, mashing up, and transforming found objects, images, and texts, artists are creating new and innovative works of art that reflect the complex and ever-changing world in which we live.

Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up and Transform

by Danielle Krysa

4.2 out of 5