SECTION ONE Homework assignment: Artwork Annotation: Please annotate one artwork : The Landscape of Signs: Pop Art OUTLINE: Identify the artwork Identify Period Style Identify Subject Matter: Discuss Historical Context: Discuss Visual Elements (Line

SECTION ONE
Homework assignment: Artwork Annotation:
Please annotate one artwork : The Landscape of Signs: Pop Art
OUTLINE:
Identify the artwork
Identify Period Style
Identify Subject Matter:
Discuss Historical Context:
Discuss Visual Elements (Line Color Texture Composition etc.)
Discuss Its Place in Ideas of Time
SECTION TWO
Intellectual Property and Pop Art Keep Answers brief on point relevant and plagiarism FREE
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Do you think it should be legal for artists to borrow and remix visual material owned by others? In the 1960s Campbell Soup actually encouraged Warhol to make artwork about their product. Apparently they even sent him free soup. 🙂
Things have changed now though. Artists have been sent cease and desist letters for infringing on intellectual property rights. Here is some food for thought:
1) An old art professor of mine tried to copyright a simple black dot. She was trying to make a point that intellectual property law needs to be reformed. Well it worked. She was threatened by a firm that claims to have already copyrighted a black dot. She used to show the letter and other information as an installation work.
2) The idea of a crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich is considered private property in the US. How can this be??
3) Electronic and rap artists have been sued for remixing other artist’s works.
You can go on and on with examples. You likely know some.
Do you think the use of visual logos and imagery for artwork at least should be considered fair use under property law? What do you think?