Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea ga…

Jerry Saltz
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Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you'll find it. It's there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film. ✨ Great Artists Steal. nymag.com. May 10, 2009.
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