"I'm interested in coupling the ingratiation of wishful thinking with the criticality of knowing better. To use the device to get people to look at the picture, and then to displace the conventional meaning that an image usually carries with perhaps a number of different readings." - Barbara Kruger, 1987

The exhibition that @jessyjeanne.lens and @arminhoori.lens are curating invites artists to appropriate works of art from history, and create new works based on them.
Appropriation is a post-modern artistic technique that involves the re-use and re-contextualization of existing elements to create new works. In many cases, the original object remains available in its original form, and the artist creates something fresh by re-contextualizing the borrowed imagery.

The history of appropriation in art can be traced back to the early 20th century, with artists like Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso using artifacts from non-art environments in their work. Marcel Duchamp's readymades in 1915 and Robert Rauschenberg's "combines" in the 1950s are also examples of appropriation.

Our statement for this exhibition is: "Appropriation is the art of the remix, and the ultimate expression of our culture's obsession with reinterpreting the past in order to make sense of the present."

In a world where everything seems to be constantly changing, appropriation allows us to create something new out of what has already been done. By reinterpreting the past, we can understand and make sense of the present, and use this understanding to shape our future. Appropriation allows us to pay homage to the artists that have come before us, while also creating something new and relevant to our current cultural landscape.

This exhibition is an exploration of the power of appropriation, and the many ways in which artists can use this technique to create new and exciting works of art. It invites viewers to consider the meaning and significance of appropriation in art, and to reflect on the role that appropriation plays in shaping our understanding of the past, present, and future.

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