A strict work of appropriation, "Day" is a typed copy of the edition of the Times for September 1, 2000.
It is like a history of film for our ADD times, or the greatest movie trailer ever made, as well as the ultimate work of appropriation art, a genre that owes so much to the movies.
"Though I wouldn't call myself a conceptual artist, the movement smashed through so many pretensions and facades that it appealed to me in a big way, especially in the work of appropriation artists.
Roberta Smith, of the Times, called "The Clock" the "ultimate work of appropriation art".
Of course, both these artists point back to the work of appropriation artists of the 1980's and 1990's and, before them, to a whole generation of Pop Art pioneers who recycled mass-media images.
All too often, however, the recycling and cut-and-paste esthetic has resulted in tired imitations; cheap, lazy re-dos; or works of "appropriation" designed to generate controversy like Mr. Shields's "Reality Hunger".
Another work of extreme appropriation pushes into Conceptual Art territory.
Tracing his evolution from the early days to now, this show includes some of his most radical gestures, including his reproduction of a Renaissance portrait by Lorenzo Lotto, an act of appropriation that treated the work much like Duchamp's urinal.
Instead, they have to work from a template of appropriations supplied by the governor, in the form of his annual executive budget.
Repeated uses of enlarged watch faces from Cartier ads in wall pieces and papier-mâché forms may be a comment on the work of the key appropriation artist Richard Prince and his extensive use of car culture.
