Added art

Added Art uses an existing piece of artwork for its canvas, just as traditional graffiti uses the wall of a building for the canvas. It is essentially the graffiti of artwork. Added Art is a merging of high and low art, using the concepts of graffiti, in a high art environment. Adding to someone else’s work has been a very common occurrence in graffiti for decades. In the urban environment, it is typically considered aggressive or antagonistic in nature,[1][2] but also form of competition. However, it is still considered a taboo in the more established high arts, even though it has been practiced for over fifty years by stalwarts such as Rauschenberg in his Erased de Kooning Drawing.[3]In more recent examples, Banksy has done several added art pieces over Damien Hirst's "spot" painting,[4][5] and Mat Benote used an untitled work by Robert Morris at the MoMA in NYC as a canvas.[6] A very interesting example was done by the Chapman Brothers, who painted over sketches originally created by Adolf Hitler.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/04/street-art-defacement-appropriate-media.html
  2. ↑ http://www.myballard.com/2009/07/06/vandals-deface-bergen-place-mural/
  3. ↑ http://time4time.blogspot.com/2007/06/robert-raushenberg-erased-de-kooning.html
  4. ↑ http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/banksy/banksy-versus-bristol-museum-044-hirst-roller-rat.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/edcotton/2266287615/
  6. ↑ http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/controversial-graffiti-artist-mat-benote-strikes-the-guggenheim
  7. ↑

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