mushi
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Art Modification, by mushi on Aug 15, 2018 20:21:30 GMT 1, About this post :
Dave Pollot - Modified thrift shop original - TGIF III Before:  After: 
I never know how to feel when an artwork is painted over by another artist.
I know that some pieces are good, Parasite especially did fabulous modifications on existing paintings, but still.
A painting show skills and require efforts, i can't help to think that this is some kind of disrepectful regarding the original artist.
In the street, one would be bashed to paint over a writer.
Surely those artists may not have a brillant career but still, should they be painted over ? thoughts ?
About this post : Dave Pollot - Modified thrift shop original - TGIF III Before: After: I never know how to feel when an artwork is painted over by another artist. I know that some pieces are good, Parasite especially did fabulous modifications on existing paintings, but still. A painting show skills and require efforts, i can't help to think that this is some kind of disrepectful regarding the original artist. In the street, one would be bashed to paint over a writer. Surely those artists may not have a brillant career but still, should they be painted over ? thoughts ? |
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Masong
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Art Modification, by Masong on Aug 15, 2018 20:47:50 GMT 1, Peter Kennards Haywain With Cruise Missiles made a classic a modern classic. Not sure Iโd agree if it was actually painted on the original though.
Peter Kennards Haywain With Cruise Missiles made a classic a modern classic. Not sure Iโd agree if it was actually painted on the original though.
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qest
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Art Modification, by qest on Aug 15, 2018 20:56:34 GMT 1, I think that's an interesting question. To me I think the answer is probably case by case, but that examples may exist on a spectrum, with most modifications existing at the extremes.
The example you quoted above would exist at one extreme - something found at a thrift store, where it's only a notch above being destroyed. I'd like to think that the artist would appreciate that the work was modified in a way that would give it a second life. I'd think of this as a "salvage," even if the original artist doesn't view the change as an enhancement.
At the other extreme would be museum pieces that are vandalized, which I think would be almost universally condemned. They have gained appreciation in their own right, and the creation is most likely compromised by the change.
The only middle ground example that comes to mind is Rauschenberg's erased de Kooning. Though that one is different because my understanding is de Kooning consented to the modification and even provided the piece. Making it perhaps the most significant collab until the upcoming Whatson/Pez release (I kid).
I think that's an interesting question. To me I think the answer is probably case by case, but that examples may exist on a spectrum, with most modifications existing at the extremes.
The example you quoted above would exist at one extreme - something found at a thrift store, where it's only a notch above being destroyed. I'd like to think that the artist would appreciate that the work was modified in a way that would give it a second life. I'd think of this as a "salvage," even if the original artist doesn't view the change as an enhancement.
At the other extreme would be museum pieces that are vandalized, which I think would be almost universally condemned. They have gained appreciation in their own right, and the creation is most likely compromised by the change.
The only middle ground example that comes to mind is Rauschenberg's erased de Kooning. Though that one is different because my understanding is de Kooning consented to the modification and even provided the piece. Making it perhaps the most significant collab until the upcoming Whatson/Pez release (I kid).
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