Digging deeper into the quote it seems Picasso did not actual say the quote but there is some truth in it. if you consider the difference in participation of the two, when you copy something, you do so mindlessly and mechanically. But, when you steal something, there is more adrenaline, more creativity, more at risk. Copying is just technique. Stealing is an entire plot. Further research discovered is concept to have a name and to be an art movement concept referred to as “appropriation” It happens throughout culture, fine art, and graphic design.
For my Amen Brother idea the use of the Winstons drum break by over 2300 other records is simply just appropriation. I love the irony of re-appropriating and highlighting those doing it in an installation style documentary using the audio as well as appropriating songs and music videos to create this. Sampling the records and music and others must be the new king of appropriation in the 20th and 21st century and is something that greatly interests me. I also find the irony idea of contextualising this appropriation by artists of JC Coleman's drum solo by re-appropriating the re-appropriators fun. Especially when used to highlight the work of a man who received no money, acclaim or plaudits from those who used it
Appropriation of images in art and design has been around for a long time. From the strict orthodox iconography of religious images to the of Cubist collage works of artists such as Picasso and George Braque. From Andy Warhols soup cans to Richard Princes re-photographing of an existing image are the evidence that using popular or familiar imagery and representing it in a new and interesting form or work has been around throughout history. It may be just the change of context from advertising hoarding to gallery or the subversion and re-interpretation of an image to create a new meaning and new intentions.
This has even gone both ways from advertising being appropriated as art but also art being re-appropriated into advertising and the work of Gillian Wearing and Flischi and Weiss are testament to this. The following questions are raised by the Tate website on appropriation and all interesting avenues to explore further.
"And what are the effects of technology on this ongoing appropriation? Now that boundaries of authenticity and originality are even more blurred, artists (indeed anyone) can recycle and re-upload images, text and audio material more quickly and easily than ever before. Sampling, remixing and mashups proliferate online, and allow people to even adopt a social media profile that appropriates or parodies a well-known persona. But what is the right of the originator in all this? Can you copyright an idea? Or do you lose rights to control it when you put it in the public domain?
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Sources
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/546/appropriation-in-contemporary-art
https://www.quora.com/What-did-Picasso-mean-when-he-said-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal
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