Art and Originality - Jeff Koons and Martin Sharp

Many post-modern artists have incorporated works of other artists for use in their own creations. However, this is not considered as "stealing" that artist's artwork by using it themselves in their own artwork, but is considered "appropriation". An artist who wishes to appropriate ones works does not just cut and paste the other artists work and claims it as his own, they show it in a new light by giving it new meaning away from the original work of art, and by doing this are challenging ideas about art and what art is. Two such artists that use this technique are Martin Sharp and Jeff Koo…