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Topic 8 APPROPRIATION and IMPROVISATION in ART

This document discusses appropriation and improvisation in art. It defines appropriation in art as using pre-existing objects or images with little transformation, and notes that appropriation has played a significant role in art history. Improvisation is defined as creating something without prior preparation by acting upon a decision. The document also describes different kinds of appropriation like motif, object, and subject appropriation, and provides examples of Dadaism and how it used appropriation in its artworks critiquing modern society.

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Topic 8 APPROPRIATION and IMPROVISATION in ART

This document discusses appropriation and improvisation in art. It defines appropriation in art as using pre-existing objects or images with little transformation, and notes that appropriation has played a significant role in art history. Improvisation is defined as creating something without prior preparation by acting upon a decision. The document also describes different kinds of appropriation like motif, object, and subject appropriation, and provides examples of Dadaism and how it used appropriation in its artworks critiquing modern society.

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Topic 8: APPROPRIATION and IMPROVISATION in ART

• Appropriation in art - is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no


transformation applied to them.

• The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts (literary,
visual, musical and performing arts).

• Improvisation in art – can be defined as doing something without prior preparation,


there is a decision to act upon that may not necessarily be planned

KINDS OF APPROPRIATION IN ARTS

• MOTIF APPROPRIATION - The works that result from motif appropriation are easily
distinguishable from works produced by the culture from which the motifs are taken.

EXAMPLE
OBJECT APPROPRIATION

SUBJECT APPROPRIATION
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATION IN ART
• DADAISM - is an artistic movement in modern art that started around World War I. Its
purpose was to ridicule the meaninglessness of the modern world. Its peak was 1916 to
1922, and it influenced surrealism, pop art, and punk rock. ... The word "Dada" in and
of itself has no meaning.

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