Notions
of Originality
Inspiration
comes in various ways, by watching old films to reading books and being in a
particular place. But is using someone else’s Ideas stealing? By being
inquisitive within art, produces inspiration.
Is
re inventing the wheel stealing the original; idea? If we use the concept of inspiration
is always made from half what we see and half what we think, the perception of
originality is born. Being original is to create something, as it has never been seen
before. To be original is to create something in a way that nobody has ever
done so before. We can use ideas that have been previously been used and make
them our own. Work can have parallels to other types of work from the
past. Ideas can be reinterpreted. Methods should always be investigated fully
and be previous method must be fully investigated and comprehended.
Charles
Allen Gilbert created His image, entitled, All Is Vanity in 1892.
The
skull is one of those topics, which recur in art time over time. It has become particularly
common from the late 19th century. Regardless of being host to many imitators,
Gilbert’s picture is the one that still inspires artists and photographers to
the present day.
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| Charles Allen Gilbert 'All is Vanity' 1892 |
In
2002, Vincent Peters created an award winning photograph for an advertising
campaign for Dior’s poison Perfume. The similarity of the two images doe not
This
similarity between the two images does not justify as plagiarism However,
Peters is taking the concept and distorting it to create a new piece, that is strong
in culture but with a new meaning. Without the Peters knowing the history
behind the image, his creation would probably never have existed. Without knowing what has previously been
produced the viewer would probably not fully appreciate the notion of this
image.
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| Vincent Peters ,Dior Poison 2002 |
Philippe
Halsman and Salvador Dali collaborated in 1951 to produce another
interpretation “Voluptas Mors”,
a surrealistic portrait of Dali beside a large skull, in fact a tableau vivant
was composed of seven nudes. Phillipe Halsman took three hours to arrange the
models in accordance to the sketch made by Salvador Dali.
A
version of “Voluptas Mors”, was
used in the poster for Silence of the Lambs and recreated in a poster for the
film “The Decent”.
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| Salvador Dali & Philippe Halsman , Voluptas Mors 1951 |
Cultural Context Within Your Chosen Medium
Culture is all around us. It is in Ideas, in
Meanings, in Beliefs and in values. It is Crucial when considering any artwork.
As time moves, a piece of art may not necessarily “fit” in 10 or 20 years
time. Considering where it will fit
culturally, and will it cause offence?
Contextually, art can change the message it was perceived to give when
it was originally made by simply moving it to a different culture, time zone,
and different audience.
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