ARTIST AND ARTISAN

•ARTISTS are the creators of tangible or

intangible products (works of art) as
expressions of creativity and imagination
for purely aesthetic reasons.
Ex. Painter, sculptor, musician, novelist,
photographer are called artists
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•ARTISANS (craftsmen) are the makers of
products or crafts, not only for aesthetic
value, for decorative purposes but also for
practical value, such as for both
commercial and business purposes.

Ex. Cabinet maker, furniture maker,

dressmaker
 WHAT IS IMPORTANT: ARTIST OR
ARTWORK?
• Some would say the artist is important
while others would insist it is the artwork
that is important. The truth is we cannot
easily say. However, we can put our
attempt to choose who or what is
important in another light.
• We look at how the artist hones his skill
and eventually produces his masterpieces.
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• Take Pablo Picasso, for example. At first

what is important and being anticipated is
his artworks. His artworks weigh more
than his reputation because, as yet, he is
still without. He is not yet known as an
artist and therefore the focus is on what
he produces, his artworks.
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• When in 1907 he came up with the first

Cubist painting, the world was astounded.
And he became the most famous painter
th
of the 20 century.

(He surprised the world with this- )

Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon
by Pablo Picasso
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• His artworks will, eventually, prove what

he is worth. With his Demoiselles, and
his masterpiece Guernica Picasso proved
himself. He became more important than
his artworks that anything that he
produced whether masterfully done or
not attracts people’s attention because it
bears the name of Picasso. His name
becomes a household name.
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ARTWORK?

The Answer
 WHAT IS IMPORTANT: ARTIST OR ARTWORK?

• When an artist begins to command respect,

he now becomes famous and important . But
it remains that an existing masterpiece
bearing the artist’s name is equally
important. But the latter will outlive the
former and its existence for people to
appreciate makes the artwork more
important than the artist.
• Practically speaking a masterpiece on exhibit
is more important than a dead artist.
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APPROPRIATION
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What is APPROPRIATION?
• APPROPRIATION is derived from the verb
appropriate. To appropriate means to
borrow.
• Simply defined: Appropriation is
incorporating words, images, objects, into
the artists creative expressions.
 What is Appropriation in Arts?

• Appropriation in arts is the practice of

creating or even borrowing new work by
taking a pre-existing image from another
source such as from art history books,
advertisements or media and then
transforming or combining it with new
ones
 What is Appropriation in Arts?

• Other sources of appropriated images

are works of art in the past and recent
ones, historical documents, film and
television.
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* Appropriation in art started in the 1970s

with Richard Prince’s photographed
advertisements such as for Marlboro
cigarettes. But it was Marcel Duchamp
who was widely considered as the first
artist to successfully demonstrate forms
of appropriation within his work.
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What does the artist do with the image

which was appropriated?

• Any appropriated image can be

photographed, digitally reproduced,
copied by mechanical means, recreated or
repainted, altering its scale or style along
the process to create a new artwork.
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• Artist may also juxtapose (place it side by

side) different objects or images, break
them into fragments, or re-contextualize
(redefine images or objects by placing
them in a new context so it appears as an
original work of art) them.
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Is the use of appropriation significant?

• Yes, because the use of appropriation in

art has played a significant role in the
history of art such as those in the literary,
visual, musical, and performing arts.
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• Three forms of narrative appropriation

in fine arts:

reproduction, transfiguration,
stylization
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• Reproduction is the mimetic

reproduction of an original work of fine
art through photographic or digital
rendering process.
• Transfiguration is done when a single
work of art is identifiable but the artist
has transformed the image to fit the
context and purpose of a particular
picture board, narrative and design.
• Stylization is done when a specific work
of art is not readily identifiable but a
particular art movement, for example
surrealism, may be adopted upon by the
illustrator.
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What are the five acts of cultural
appropriation?
1. Object appropriation
2. Context appropriation
3. Style appropriation
4. Motif appropriation
5. Subject appropriation
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-In a nutshell—

• Cultural appropriation, in terms of art, is

adopting, copying, transferring,
borrowing, transforming something, such
as an object, image, motif, etc. by
someone from a culture that is not his or
her own –a photograph, a book, clothing
style, hair style , etc.
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What’s wrong with Appropriation?

• Problem arises when appropriation of

something-an artwork, for example- from
another less dominant culture without the
knowledge of the owner and the
members of that culture find it
undesirable and offensive.
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• Also, it can provoke less serious to

serious offense-violation of the copyright
law, prompting the originator to sue. But
it remains hard to defend and prosecute.

• Since the idea of cultural appropriation

has entered the mainstream of
contemporary society, it has since cast
doubt on legitimacy of everything.