Appropriation Art – The Case Against Warhol

Appropriation art is a movement in which artists adopt, borrow, recycle, or sample imagery and materials from existing works of visual culture and incorporate them into new art. Its roots lie with figures such as Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein, who folded “found” objects and images drawn from popular culture into the final form of their work. From the outset, the practice has collided with thorny legal questions, and artists including Jeff Koons and Richard Prince have repeatedly found themselves in court defending their use of imagery created by others. At the heart of these disputes lies a single, deceptively simple question: when does borrowing become infringement?

This seminar examines that question through the landmark case Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith and will be led by two leading experts in the field, US art lawyer Steve Schindler and Spanish art lawyer Blanca Cortés.

Onsite event, Spanish/English with simultaneous interpretation.
Limited places are available and will be assigned by registration only.

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Image credits: Two works in Warhol’s ‘Prince Series’ involved in the case. Reproduced in the court statement. Via: artize.com