Plagiarism, Homage or Parody?
Examples from posterpage.ch
Homage • a reference within a creative work to
someone who greatly influenced the artist
1925, Aleksandr Rodchenko, “BOOKS”
1930, Gustav Klutsis
1993, Leonid Sokov
2002, Lin Horng-Jer
2009, Svend Gregory & Justin Flewitt
Homage?
1934, Herbert Matter, Schweiz
1984, Paula Scher, Swatch
Parody• is a work created to mock, comment on, or
poke fun at an original work, by means of humorous imitation
1942, J. Howard Miller, We can do it! (Rosie the riveteer)
2006, Mica Wright, Up yours, Bush!
2008, "BoiseNoise", Yes we can
2009, Sepideh Riahi, We can do it!
1959, Viggo Vagnby 2009, Camilla Brodersen
http://www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex216oba/ex216oba.htm
Plagiarism• use or close imitation of the language
and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work
Left: “Awesome Merchandise” by Combination13
Top: Ripoff by Janeandjoe Save BBC 6 Music campaign
Source: http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=5817
From L to R: Plan B Ad Agency, Blooming Color, and Plan B LLC in Dubai.
Ad agency in Chicago, Plan B / suburban Chicago printing company called Blooming Color / a company out of Dubaihttp://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=5764
Left: Wozzeck (Jan lenica, 1964); Right: “Modern Dog”, by Sara Thompson, trying to represent the "style of Shogo Ota"
Where would you draw the line?
Give credit
Left: Peace, Luba Lukova, 2001Right: book cover by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich, 2009
Would you like someone doing this to you?
Sources:• Posterpage.ch
http://www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex199dej/ex199dej.htm
• You thought we wouldn’t notice- Bloghttp://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com
• Suggested “best practices” for using the artwork of othershttp://www.docspopuli.org/articles/RecyclingArt.html
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