Cultural Appropriation in Art

Summary:

Soulmaking is a process of self-expression and reconnecting with one’s inner self through crafting images, stories, instruments, movement, and techniques. Appropriation refers to borrowing recognizable images from different sources to create new art forms, without stealing or plagiarizing. It can occur within or across cultures. Improvisation is creating or performing something without prior preparation, often seen in various art forms such as music, theatre, and dance. It involves spontaneity and the exploration of new ideas.

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Cultural Appropriation in Art

Art Appreciation
4/26/2021
Topic: Subject and Content of Art
Subject of Art

• Anything that is represented in the artwork (it may vary)
• Anything under the sun (imaginary or real-life events)
• The subject is the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork
• That art without a subject is called “non-objective”. They do not represent anything.

1. Representational or Objective Art
– They depict objects that most people can commonly recognize
– The artist attempts to copy something that is real, even in a subjective manner.
– They use “form” and are concerned with “what” will be depicted in the artwork.
– Artists attempt to portray the subject as it is. Subjective as possible

Examples:

• Still Life (depicts mostly inanimate subject matters like the commonplace. Natural or Man-made, artificial setting). Natural: Flowers, plants, rocks, insects, shells. Man-Made: Chairs, tables, console, jewelry
• Portrait (painting, photograph, figure, or any form in which face and expression is pre-dominant to show an individual’s resemblance, personality, or disposition.
• Mona Lisa: Landscapes, Seascapes, Moonscapes and Cityscapes
• Mythology and Religion dreams and fantasies.

2. Non-Representation/al or Non-Objective Art

• Art without any reference to anything outside itself.
• There’s no recognizable object that can find in the artwork.
• It is like an abstract that does not represent real objects.
• It uses “content” and is concerned with “how” the artwork is depicted.
• Artists attempt to show their ideas and feelings and not objective as a realist and what a representational artist would do.