Roberto Colon White appropriation of Black Music When thinking about the beginnings of rock and roll‚ you have to keep in mind that when this happened there was still a great amount of racism in the United States. People often forget how white artists such as Elvis Presley stole music from black artists and made big profits from them. Blues has to be considered as one of the most influential genres in rock and roll. Blues was a way for the black community to vent and express their feelings
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Appropriation is a twentieth century arts phenomena adopted by many visual artists‚ whereby artwork‚ imagery‚ icons and styles are borrowed to create a new artwork. Gordon Bennett is an indigenous Australian who appropriates art styles and imagery to create his art. He used oil and acrylic paint on canvas to create The Outsider (1988)‚ which was a reflection on his own identity and indigenous issues. Bennett incorporates Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Starry Night (1889) and Bedroom At Arles (1888)‚ Romanesque
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Despite some beliefs‚ Dana Schutz’s painting is not an instance of cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is defined as somebody adopting aspects of a culture that is not their own and Dana is not adopting‚ mocking or taking away from another culture. Instead‚ she is using her privilege in a positive way. As a white-women‚ Dana has the ability to display her painting in a museum‚ bringing light to this tragedy that occurred. If Dana did not use her privilege to display this painting‚ then
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Australian contemporary artist Gordon Bennett’s acrylic painting Camouflage #7‚ references the war in Iraq and issues of secrecy‚ depicting the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Evident in Bennet’s incorporation of appropriation art in his creative method‚ ‘remix culture’ enables artists to open up and re-define the way language and images construct identity and history. An interdisciplinary art practice consisting of painting‚ print‚ photography‚ installation and performance reflects how Bennett
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"The Taming of the Shrew" into the modern day teen flick "10 Things I Hate About You" ‚ whilst still being able to keep the key themes and values evident throughout the film. The themes and values present in The Taming of the Shrew for the appropriation to be successful needed to be evident in 10 Things I Hate About You. These included romance and marriage‚ the importance of money‚ social order and status‚ patriarchal values and finally transformation. To represent and to appeal to today’s
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we are temporarily happy and fulfilled. But the reason for happiness is not because we got what we wanted‚ but because for a brief period of time‚ we stopped wanting‚ and thus we experience peace and happiness.” The short story ‘Approximations‚’ by Mona Simpson demonstrates the belief of materialism
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Who is Lisa Marie Simpson? Airing in December of 1989‚ the Simpsons are starting their 25th season as of this year. This longevity has been thanks to the five main characters; Homer‚ Marge‚ Bart‚ Lisa and Maggie Simpson. Representing the all-American household; each of these characters plays an important part in not just Springfield‚ but society all around. But the most humanistic and “normal” person living in Springfield is no other than Lisa Marie Simpson. Lisa is a tough nut to crack‚ but just
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The Kardashians/Jenners represent high profile‚ pop-cultural‚ cultural appropriation. The family often reproduces styles‚ features‚ and items associated with particular ethnics groups‚ while taking credit as their own doing. Whether it be Kylie’s “collaged-plumped lips” and dreadlocks‚ Kim’s overly curvaceous body‚ or Khloe wearing
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1. Most people wouldn’t realize it but cultural appropriation have been around for more years than any of us ever knew. Cultural appropriation didn’t just start in the United States a couple of years ago‚ it actually started all the way back in Africa 4 million years ago. The reason I say 4 million years ago is because the oldest living person in the world was dated back 4 million years ago in Africa. Over the years explores‚ philosophers‚ writers‚ and artist all around the world have studied and
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CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IN ADVERTISING‚ GOVERNMENTS AND FASHION TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: Page LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS i. INTRODUCTION 1. CHAPTER 1: Cultural ownership- taboo. 2. CHAPTER 2: Freedom‚ Liberty and war inside a government. 3. CHAPTER 3: Native American for just a day. 4. CONCLUSION 5. LIST OF SOURCES 6. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE: Page Fig. 1. Howard Zieff‚ You don’t have to be Jewish to
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