Plagiarism?
Stumbled across this is the world of art news.
Sam Leach from Melbourne, winner of prestigious Wynn Prize for landscape, outed for copying.
. No one realized how heavily he had borrowed from the 1660 work Boatmen Moored on the Shore of a Lake by Dutch master Adam Pynacker. Leach makes no attempt to deny he was "influenced", the gallery says they didn't realise, has been criticised as Plagiarism rather than appropriation
But Van Gogh claims"Good artists borrow. Great artists steal."
Shelley Essak expresses her view on this on her art history blog.
-"I think the words "Good artists borrow, great artists steal" constitute one of the most misunderstood and misused creative phrases of all time. To me, it means the difference between aping and assimilating; between copying and internalizing; between being unoriginal and innovative. Between, sad to say, right-clicking an online image and picking up a low-tech pencil. Even Andy Warhol, that master of the appropriated image, had a solid foundation in studio skills and could actually draw well when/if he chose to.
I'm tired of seeing the paraphrasical use of "Good artists borrow, great artists steal" as an excuse to be lazy, and, yes, I'm angered when non-transformative "works" are, in turn, copyrighted, feted, receive royalties and/or are sold for staggering sums--though the original artist does not often benefit by so much as a credit line. How does this mindset advance an art form? What message does it send to younger generations of artists? Why, if a big enough "name" engages in this ... borrowing ... is it not only tacitly condoned, but often applauded?
Every artist of every stripe builds on that which was done by his or her predecessors. It's only the great artists who manage to take things to new heights, in new directions" (Essak, online. accessed 21/4/10)
Some thoughts to ponder I think.
References
http://cyart.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog
http://arthistory.about.com/b/2009/01/26/good-artists-borrow-great-artists-steal.htm
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