Added Art
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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, 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 more recent examples, Banksy
has done several added art pieces over Damien Hirst's
"spot" painting, and Mat Benote
used an untitled work by Robert Morris
at the MoMA in NYC as a canvas. A very interesting example was done by the Chapman Brothers, who painted over sketches originally created by Adolf Hitler.
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
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, 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 more recent examples, Banksy
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique...
has done several added art pieces over Damien Hirst's
Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...
"spot" painting, and Mat Benote
Mat Benote
Mat Benote is a contemporary American artist associated with the graffiti urban art movement. He is most commonly known for placing fine art in museums and public spaces. His work has been displayed in many museums including the Guggenheim in New York City and the Los Angeles County Museum...
used an untitled work by Robert Morris
Robert Morris (artist)
Robert Morris is an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism along with Donald Judd but he has also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement and installation...
at the MoMA in NYC as a canvas. A very interesting example was done by the Chapman Brothers, who painted over sketches originally created by Adolf Hitler.
External links
- http://nymag.com/news/features/32388/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCWh3IFtDQ