[benign]

ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Original image sources.
Split in two, one side of images is just pulp
the other is worth millions...

http://davidbarsalou.homestead.com/L...INPROJECT.html

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http://davidbarsalou.homestead.com/WHAMM.gif
His most famous image "Whamm" - and the
original "The enemy has become a flaming star"








Prepare for more bush - for not voting
today is like voting for the idiot.

[ManOfSteal]

The manofsteal says stealing with inspiration.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

if he blatently did so many, i guess this counts as "social commentary"

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

I don't get the point of what you did. It's Pop Art.

[ambush]

Uhhhh WTF.. Stealing..

why did he do that? Is it news? I mean I never knew he stole the ****...........

[d4nth3m4n]

next in line for the slaughter-

[benign]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
next in line for the slaughter-

Soup_Can.jpg

That is a copy of reality - what artists and students have
been doing since man first started mark making.
Photography is still a grey area as it is still only a copy of
reality, but Warhol is famous for many different visual styles,
Roy is only famous for his cartoon style of applying paint onto
canvas, and many don't know how he came by the images or
the extent of their similarity with the originals.

The comic artists who created the originals drew them 'mostly'
from their imagination yet it is considered worthless pulp. mimesis
is always more important than originality.

[rjenkinson]

-r.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

Originally posted by rjenkinson:


-r.

magneto?

[ringo]

Pop Art is more about inspired selection than about raw creativity. The originals were illustrations, Liechtenstein's versions are art. Context (and small stylistic differences) are all that stand between the two worlds. Beauty is everywhere, but rarely noticed or considered for more than a few passing moments. Found objects, readymades, and pop art are the pointing finger that forces the observer to stay their eyes for a little longer and really consider the image or object that is selected, maybe to recognize the beauty in a form that is too easily passed over because it is familiar. The images are wonderful, but I would have never seen them if not for Liechtenstein's work.

[Kilbey]

Roy Lichtenstein is a talentless, thieving, hack.

But then, B9, aren't you the guy who like photocopies?

[zigzag]

As a fan of Lichtenstein, I find that very interesting. I knew he was inspired by comic book art, but I didn't know he borrowed from it that literally. It certainly adds an additional dimension.

In legal terms, it's very similar to the Warhol soup can painting, which I've used in copyright/fair use presentations. What's interesting about both of them, and about contemporary art in general, is that their work can be seen as parody, commentary, and homage all at the same time. The Lichtensteins are probably closer to the infringement edge than the Warhols because they're more likely to impinge on a market for the originals, but they're transformative enough that I think they would escape an infringement claim. For one thing, the Lichtensteins are just single frames and don't have the narrative context of the originals. It could also be argued that if it weren't for Lichtenstein, the originals would have no market value in the first place. Indeed, it's Lichtenstein who made us appreciate how cool the originals are.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by benign:
That is a copy of reality - what artists and students have
been doing since man first started mark making.
Photography is still a grey area as it is still only a copy of
reality, but Warhol is famous for many different visual styles,
Roy is only famous for his cartoon style of applying paint onto
canvas, and many don't know how he came by the images or
the extent of their similarity with the originals.

The comic artists who created the originals drew them 'mostly'
from their imagination yet it is considered worthless pulp. mimesis
is always more important than originality.

[ambush]

benign makes sense.
good to have
you back here!

if only zimphire could be
banned for a week.
that'd be my ****ing
xmas gift!



Pen to kerry.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by ambush:
benign makes sense.
good to have
you back here!

if only zimphire could be
banned for a week.
that'd be my ****ing
xmas gift!



PN to kerry.

You have some dishes to do.

Skat.

[ambush]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
You have some dishes to do.

Skat.

We have that thing ... a dishwasher.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by ambush:
We have that thing ... a dishwasher.

It's his name is ambush.

[ambush]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
It's his name is ambush.

Damn str8. Whatever you meant.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by ambush:
Whatever you meant.