Las Meninas Appropriation
Yasumasa Morimura went above and beyond in his appropriation of Velazquez’s Las Meninas. He derived five similar yet unique works from Las Meninas, but our group decided to discuss this piece due to its’ far-reaching tactics to go beyond appropriation. Morimura named this piece “Las Meninas Renacen de Noche 1V: Peering at the secret scene behind the artist”, an extremely appropriate name considering that the “original” Las Meninas is hanging due center of this piece.
Almost the entire canvas is comprised of what we cannot see from the original artwork. Including the backside of all prominent figures and puzzlingly an art gallery viewing of the original piece. This was no doubt Morimura's attempt to bridge the confusion as to where the original
Almost the entire canvas is comprised of what we cannot see from the original artwork. Including the backside of all prominent figures and puzzlingly an art gallery viewing of the original piece. This was no doubt Morimura's attempt to bridge the confusion as to where the original