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Thailand Top 100 — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:53:54 +0000

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Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by Bill Eppridge

Bill Eppridge — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:16:11 +0000

Isaac B2,

I did not say the artist’s work was ‘valueless’ – those are your words. I said her “appropriation of my work is a meaningless rip-off,” and I stand by what I said.
If however, Marcel Duchamp had painted a mustache on any or all of the motorcyclists in my photograph I would have been honored as I was when I was asked to photograph Mr. Duchamp many years ago – he obliged me by appropriating his own painting, and descended a staircase for my lens.

Cheerz,
Bill Eppridge

Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by Isaac B2

Isaac B2 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:28:41 +0000

Of course, if this new work is as valueless as you say (and I’m choosing not to make a judgment here), then it will neither stand the test of time nor degrade the value of your original work. When Duchamp painted a mustache on La Joconde, it was [eventually] viewed as a legitimate expression by the artist, and also did not degrade the original painting. So, yeah, it’s probably a bit annoying to see your hard work appropriated, but I would counsel a more politic discussion of the issue rather than an emotion-driven rant.

Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by Seasons and Metaphors Preview

Seasons and Metaphors Preview — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:44 +0000

[...] to be made. Now stand in line, go with the flow and do it in 140 Characters or less. I read on Bill Eppridge blog about one of his photos being “appropriated” into the work of another [...]

Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by Steven Miller

Steven Miller — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:49:28 +0000

Wow, that Shane Wilson sure sounds like a tool. Everything is up for appropriation because it’s all on the internet? And then you’re supposed to feel complimented when people steals your art and calls it their own?

I disagree wholeheartedly – regardless of whether you risked your life to make your art or created it in your studio, it belongs to you. Perhaps, like in the case of music sampling, if Lawrence had utilized a small portion of your work and fully integrated it with other collage pieces instead of wholesale filling 1/3 of her piece with your image, well maybe that would count as a new piece of art. As it is, I think it’s just lazy.

Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by c-mon

c-mon — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:32:31 +0000

this is a fascinating debate… what interests me about it has less to do with the legal issues and more the intellectual ones. when is the taking of someone’s image an interesting act of artistic practice? and when is it just intellectually lazy? i tend to think of richard prince in the latter category. (ok, dude. we get it. so conceptual. you ripped off the marlboro man. next.) and when does the artists addition turn it into something totally new — kinda like Run DMC remixing Aerosmith (or as eppridge more astutely points out: Romare Beardon and others). in this case, it kinda seems as if faye took eppridge’s foto hook line and sinker…

as for whether the photographer owns the rights to his work i think is kind of irrelevant. if i was the marlboro photographer and saw prince’s retrospective at the Gugg, i woulda felt pretty used.

Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by Highlighter Pen — Tu Scene

Highlighter Pen — Tu Scene — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:13:48 +0000

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Comment on When artists appropriate the work of others by Shane Wilson

Shane Wilson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:08:10 +0000

Really guy? Get over you claims at authorship as they are bullshit. Did you ask all of the people in the photo for their permission. Do you not realize that we live in a read-rewrite culture? Take it as a complement and remember you own nothing and we are all just borrowers of culture.