Damien Hirst accused of cultural appropriation at Venice Biennale
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2017
- Artist Damien Hirst's new show in Venice is causing controversy.
Ten years in the making, the “Wreck of the Unbelievable” creates a world of supposedly salvaged artefacts.
But some Nigerian artists are taking issue with one of the works.
Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela reports from Venice.
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Are these even made by him? I'd rather celebrate the artists who actually created these statues.
Koola King OK but that artist is a liar and a fraud
You're boring.
When stupid meets shallow.
people really need to learn what cultural appropriation is, because it's not when someone from another culture uses something from your culture. being offended by that can come off as kind of xenophobic on your part.
Judson Putnii What are you talking about? That's literally exactly what cultural appropriation is, almost a word for word definition actually lmao
Cultural appropriation is not using influences or parts of other cultures as much as it is stealing them and claiming them as your own. Hirst using all kinds of ancient artistic signs and fully describing them to their responding origins is not appropriation. (in the folder for example it clearly says, this is alike to the aztec calender, this is a statue in Helenic style, this has babylonic influence etc). Saying that he made it without credit would have been wrong. Colonizing another country, finding something and from then on claiming it is your own, would be cultural appropriation. But he makes no such claim.
Giving the context of this expo -treasures from everywhere- it is a bit of a stretch to start accusals of Cultural appropriation.
Ingraining and sharing culture is not bad. Sharing culture is a good thing. It is giving credit where credit is due that makes all the difference, as so often in the art world.
that's a really narrow definition, by that definition most things people call appropriation would be fine. its when something is taken out of its original context or used for a purpose other than what it's intended that i would agree to saying it's been appropriated. but just saying anything being used by another culture is appropriation is obnoxious and low-key xenophobic, like how someone wears hair or clothes for aesthetic reasons.
Africa has no culture, other than the invented one the media usually presents
Maybe dumbasses can stop INVENTING dumb bullshit (like "cultural appropriation") to be offended by?
I can’t stand Damien Hirst but unfortunately I can’t help but love much of his work
El calendario azteca ?
so what is the joke?
Impressed. But Baia is nicer.
More than "appropriation" I would call it invasion of the place.😊
Indistrial scale plagiarism
this vost 65 million to fake? lmao ah man we need a reset.
I think Victor was mad that it looked just like him!
I thought I was the only person that noticed the resemblance. lol
I don't see any Jiving
LOL "Cultural appropiation" is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. People are getting more and more stupid every year.
Yes that 's exactly what I thought
How dumb are they
GIVEN THAT BUSTS OF ANCIENT ROYALTY AND GODS CAST IN BRONZE HAD BEEN CREATED AND SURELY TRADED FOR AT LEAST A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE THE 14 th century Nigerian...... bust the question should also be > Who did the YORUBANS culturally appropriate !!!!!
Keith Klippensteen
Know one
@Molly Wop lol, ok, if you say so
@Molly Wop AAH, the racist card, pulled by the intellectually weak, fragile little insignificant worms of the world. Sorry I offended your little mind.
@Molly Wop ROFLMAO
Nigerians should feel honored.
@Molly WopGood, because you'd destroy them, just like every other thing you touch
@Molly Wopa path of destruction, everywhere & everything you people touch
Feel honored why? Because a white man copied our art? He was probably a descendant of the same British colonists who exploited Nigeria, stole our artworks, and shipped them overseas! Art replication after 800 years. Colonialism first then art imitation
You are really part of the problem with western culture. You maim and kill then you steal the culture. How European of you... Damian Hurst should stand in the sunshine of Mali for a day before he can have others *borrow* the ideas of Africa...