[wagglebee]

Every art movement in history has emerges BECAUSE various artists copied the styles of others.

[woofie]

Can you Ping the Art list and send me a updated copy of the ping list via FreepMail (I forgot to save mine)
Thanks

[fish hawk]

Koffi Annan, now there's a piece of work!

[righttackle44]

"Picasso 'stole the work of African artists'"

And Africans are complaining?

[John Doe #1]

AT&T stole my copyrighted photos. All I want is my day in court. They told me good luck, they were bigger than God.

[norton]

"In an extraordinary intervention, however, a spokesman for the South African Department of Arts and Culture has accused the organisers of deliberately downplaying the debt Picasso owed to African artists."

He got his drugs from an African artist??

Who'd of thought.

[TET1968]

All true- I became aware of in the early seventies when I was studying West African art. Blatent ripp offs. And don't forget the guy who cast those tall skinny people sculpturs, they were a total ripp off of the stuff being carved in wood from Dogon and Mali. Some of those pieces date back to the the century.

[pepperdog]

Matters not to me, I don't care for his "art", if I were an African artist I'd be hacked if they compared my work to his. Personally I think most modern art is crap.

[TBall]

Picasso, what an asshole.

[pollyannaish]

"Genius is hiding your sources well." —Albert Einstein

[higgmeister]

His letter has prompted a furious response, with one correspondent comparing his attitude to the "black fascists who were critical of Paul Simon when he collaborated with Ladysmith Black Mambazo".

Simon worked with the group on his Gracelands album in 1986 and was accused of exploiting them for commercial ends.

Someone could ask Joseph Shabalala if he feels exploited by Paul Simon. Or ask how many Ladysmith Black Mambazo albums have been sold around the world since their exposure to an audience they would never have reached without Simon.

I'm a huge fan of their melodious harmony but before Simon went to South Africa it was just called missionary music and nobody listened to it.

[anton]

Funny that Romare Bearden, the most African American artist who incorporated many tribal type primative images in his work credited Matisse for his inspiration.