Krystal Aguilar : Appropriation - Week 4

Krystal Aguilar : Appropriation - Week 9/23

Artist: Andy Alcala

Impression, Sunrise, Claude Monet (1872)

Impression, Sunrise, Claude Monet (1872)

Girl with Balloon, Banksy (2004)

Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

As Amanda Lepore as Andy Warhol's Marilyn Davide LaChapelle (2007)

Discovered from Chicquero blog: http://chicquero.com/2012/05/23/my-face-is-a-white-canvas/
Sourced from: http://andyalcala.com/tagged/faceartists

Andy Alacala's work from above are examples of appropriated images because it uses art we have seen before but it is painted on a person's face, then it is photographed, and perhaps refined with photo-editing software. On his website, the "Making Of" shows that it is he himself that does the painting with a mirror (using his perspective) and videotapes the process as well. His Andy communicates to the audience that the face and body can be a canvas. His idea is to illustrate how talented the artists of the iconic paintings were and incorporating the art in the past to contemporary times. On his website this project of his, "Facetimes," has a timeline ranging from 1872 to 2006. His vision definitely reflects the mastery of artists such as Monet to Van Gogh in a new perspective.

I chose this artist and his "Facetimes" photographs because the Campbell Soup caught my attention. Some artists feel (as I read in other blogs while conducting my research) that Andy Warhol's idea of appropriating brands, specifically the his Campbell Soup cans, is being monetized by recent artists. That artists today are stealing ideas to make money. I think that Andy Warhol did lead a path to consider other areas for artistic interest but artists today can be inspired perhaps subconsciously by Warhol to appropriate classic brands. I say good for them, they can make their own art even if comparison will most likely occur. I really like the way advertising agencies and artists now use classic images, brands and styles in order to cater to a "business" market. The advertiser appealing to the client and the target customer. The artist appealing to those who favor a certain image, artist, or type of art. They both sell. One sell products or services, the other artistic products for the mind as well as the pocket.