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I was paging through the Internet the other day when I ran across this awesome Halloween costume idea:
Labels: getting crafty, just plain awesome, speechless, talent
posted by Bill at Comix Connection @ 7:00:00 AM
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11 Comments:
I love the costume, but you've hit one of my hot buttons: Roy Lichtenstein is a plagiarist who owed his career to other people's work and then when he was questioned about it, stated that his copies are more of an artform than the original sources. He got his career started by stealing money from other artist's pockets, and then laughed at them very much like a bully stealing lunch money, only he was stealing home payment money. The guy was an (expletive deleted).
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Hey, I agree. Every biography of him dances around the theft of images he perpetrated. It's ridiculous.
Oh and you can spend literally hours arguing this with the art crowd. I have.
Yeah, I have a few well connected art friends that love his work, one even knows the family. He knows not to start this topic with me since I get fired up.
Not to change the subject (hopefully...) i'd love to see more photos of this makeup. Bill, if you find any you gotta post 'em!
stymieresh, did you click on the "More HERE!" under the first photo?
There's THIS too that shows the models attire better... and check the video.
Yup i did the clickage, but didn't see that last photo there. Niiice. Very clever.
HOLY COW, my word verification for today is "juggis" bwah ha ha ha ha!
Did you see this one from Metafilter?
Real life Big Head mode
Steve - Yeah, that's pretty awesome too!
Great information and very interesting. I got lucky and found your site from a random Google search. Thanks a lot! ♥
Contemporary Artist
Phatmogera, The term you are looking for isn't stealing but rather appropriation. Although it is a fine line, it is the context that makes a difference. There is a lot besides the drawing or picture that goes into the reading of images, the context is also very important. The originals that were used were obviously scenes from comic books but when they were viewed they played a role in a narrative as a unit an progressive story in a palm sized book. The paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, are only singular frames freed from narrative. The only connection they have to their source is the fact that we recognize the characters from that narrative but in that isolating manner leaving us to forget about the narrative and focus on the production of images in the same manner warhol did with his soup cans. The meaning is derived through context. The image only acts as a referent and not as a story changing its context and making it a valid artwork on its own. Also, as far as your argument that the artist was stealing bread money from the comic artist is hardly arguable seeing as the person who would go and buy the painting is more than likely not interested in buying the comic book story. One is an original while the other is a mass produced product (also part of the reason why lichtenstein's art works so well).
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