Beg, steal and borrow : artists against originality /!cRobert Shore.

Author/creator Shore, Robert author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon, United Kingdom : Laurence King Publishing, 2017.
Copyright Date©2017
Description192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.
Subjects

Cover title Beg, steal & borrow
Portion of title Artists against originality
SeriesAn Elephant Book
Elephant book (Series : London, England) UNAUTHORIZED
Summary Art is theft,' Picasso once proclaimed. The wily old Spaniard was being provocative - he often equated theft to what could more benignly be called influence. But increasingly much of the best and, even, most original art involves an act or two of unequivocal, overt theft - an act of simple copy and paste. This book looks at modern-day art theft from all angles: art-historical (tracing the lineage from Duchamp to Richard Prince), legal (looking at recent key copyright cases), cultural (drawing links to literary mash-ups and musical sampling), educational (Kenneth Goldsmith's famous 'Uncreativity' classes) and, of course, in terms of current art practice. It will look at the practices of major artists working across a variety of media.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781780679464
ISBN1780679467 paperback

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks N72.7 .S56 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold