It will look at the practices of major artists working across a variety of media. an act of simple copy and paste. This book looks at modern-day art theft from all angles: art-historical (tracing the lineage from Duchamp to Richard Prince), legal (looking at recent key copyright cases), cultural (drawing links to literary mash-ups and musical sampling), educational (Kenneth Goldsmith's famous 'Uncreativity' classes) and, of course, in terms of current art practice. "Art is theft," Picasso once proclaimed. But increasingly much of the best and, even, most original art involves an act or two of unequivocal, overt theft ? The wily old Spaniard was being provocative ? a subject that is destined to grow in relevance across the coming years.Author: Robert Sho Combining a sharp selection of color images with an insightful text, this book offers a comprehensive and provocative survey of a timely and complex subject ? he often equated theft to what could more benignly be called influence.
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