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Appropriation as an Antimodernist Antidote

This article explores cultural appropriation through the lenses of key theorists like Buchloh and Baudrillard. It discusses how each act of appropriation creates a simulacrum that negates the authenticity of original works while challenging the relevance of context and practice. By examining the distinctions between reality and representation, the piece articulates how postmodernism disrupts traditional notions of authorship, emphasizing the blurred lines between intrinsic and extrinsic elements in art. Ultimately, it posits that appropriation serves as a means to critique modernist principles.

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Appropriation as an Antimodernist Antidote

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  1. Appropriation as an Antimodernist Antidote Buchloh and Baudrillard

  2. Benjamin Buchloh • Every “act” requires a subject (duh?) • Assume that the subject of the “act” is calculated and deliberate. • Therefore, cognitive and theoretical intentions and performances are imposed upon the “act.” • “Each act of cultural appropriation constructs a simulacrum of a double negation, denying the validity of the individual and original production, yet denying equally the relevance of the specific context and function of the work’s own practice.”

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  4. Jean Baudrillard • Simulation Theory • Interaction between reality, symbols and society • Society has replaced reality and meaning with symbols and signs • Human experience is of a simulation of reality rather than reality itself.

  5. Before modernism: The image is clearly a placeholder for the real item that it represents • Modernism: Industrial revolution. Distinctions between image and reality break down due to the introduction of mass production. The concept of the original is threatened due to the precision of reproductive technologies. • Postmodernism: Simulacrum precedes the original and the distinction between reality and representation breaks down. There is only simulacrum • `

  6. An Example • Sherrie Levine http://www.aftersherrielevine.com/imagesA.html (Walker Evans)

  7. Vroom vroom • Appropriation is a vehicle to refute the tenets and principles of modernism. • The notion of immanence in particular. • Whodunnit? • Intrinsic vs extrinsic • The line between what is internal and external is blurred

  8. In summary • Art cannot be said absolutely to be about the authorship of the content of the work. • The plinth as an idea is toppled, and external factors must be considered. • The selection process of the appropriated work and the agency of the selector in its presentation validates the work in its new context.

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