In my opinion I believe everyone makes art without even knowing it. Sometimes people get rid of an object or image and someone else will probably enjoy it. But of course, if an artist makes a project without copying others, he or she owns it. On the other hand, artists like John Baldessari recycle images and objects and create something more interesting. I did something similar in high school. My teacher gave us a pile of thrown away paintings. We had to reuse it by adding our own work on the painting. It was uneasy for me at first because I felt I might ruin the persons painting but then again he or she no longer wants to own it and I did not want it to go back in the trash so I reused it. Many artists get inspired and may take something old to make something new. I would consider John Baldessari work art even though he did not make it from scratch he saved, discovered, and recycled all these many different pieces of art.
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Discussion Topic: Can you recycle art?
Who makes art? Who owns art? These are some of the questions we’ll discuss here and in class. See how contemporary artist John Baldessari recycles images to produce art. Would you consider his work art?
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Welcome!
Hello ARTH 1103 students! Welcome to the course website for Professor Sandra Cheng’s course of the Survey of Art History. Our section will operate differently from the other section of the course. The web is an integral component to our class this semester. I look forward to our reading, writing, discussion, and LOOKING this semester. During our first class this week we’ll get everyone signed up on the site, and we’ll take it from there.
