Interesting question. I can see and sort of agree with the judge in this, seeing as how this "collaboration" (or should I say artistic servitude) is common among famous artists and writers. They have "ghosts" who do a lot of work for them under their names. Also, professors who use grad students to do the heavy lifting for their research studies, only to credit the student(s) as "et al" on the title page.
It shows a photo of Andy Warhol in front of his "re-presentation" of Brillo Boxes. I couldn't help thinking of the illustrator who designed that packaging only to have Warhol swipe it for an art piece and make a fortune from it. While the illustrator got instructions from his employers for this package design, is s/he the creator or is the employer? And is Warhol guilty of plagarism?
That's a very pertinent reflection, thanks for your comment! We are all inspired by others, there is no such thing as an isolated genius, the genius is the one who brings together different visions of the world to create his own.
Very interesting example of Andy Warhol, is exactly what I was talking about in the text. There are infinite cases.
Interesting question. I can see and sort of agree with the judge in this, seeing as how this "collaboration" (or should I say artistic servitude) is common among famous artists and writers. They have "ghosts" who do a lot of work for them under their names. Also, professors who use grad students to do the heavy lifting for their research studies, only to credit the student(s) as "et al" on the title page.
Then there's this situation shown in this substack post today: https://readymades.substack.com/p/subversive-pop-art?publication_id=2610025&post_id=146139790&isFreemail=true&r=1gbs2n&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
It shows a photo of Andy Warhol in front of his "re-presentation" of Brillo Boxes. I couldn't help thinking of the illustrator who designed that packaging only to have Warhol swipe it for an art piece and make a fortune from it. While the illustrator got instructions from his employers for this package design, is s/he the creator or is the employer? And is Warhol guilty of plagarism?
That's a very pertinent reflection, thanks for your comment! We are all inspired by others, there is no such thing as an isolated genius, the genius is the one who brings together different visions of the world to create his own.
Very interesting example of Andy Warhol, is exactly what I was talking about in the text. There are infinite cases.