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"Art is something made by artists" -- Andy Warhol. Art is subjectivity.
Marcel Duchamp proved that even a snow shovel can be art if the right
person signs it. He was the right person. "The Art of Reprographic Appropriation"
is a conceptual art project that strives to incorporate, and "appropriate"
many ideas of successful avant garde artists. The piece shown to the left
is a collection of images appropriated from a calendar of Casablanca
film stills. I showed the stills to different people, I solicited from them
one word reactions, and, using those words, I created the title of the
piece. After I had assembled the piece in the 3 by 4 square, Dottie Attie
style arrangement, I distorted the stills further by having the work
photocopied as a negative image. I was able to bypass inspiration and create
art by setting rules and following them. Art is just a game, and everyone
should play.
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