After Walker Evans
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"After Walker Evans" is a conceptual art series by Sherrie Levine consisting of rephotographed images of Walker Evans’s iconic Depression-era photographs, challenging ideas of originality, authorship, and appropriation in art.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
appropriation art work
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conceptual art series ⓘ |
| artisticIntention |
to critique authorship and ownership of images
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to explore the status of photographic reproduction ⓘ to question originality in art ⓘ |
| artMovement | Pictures Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | photographs by Walker Evans ⓘ |
| collectorInterest | highly collected in contemporary art market ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | subject of legal and ethical debates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Sherrie Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
American rural poverty
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Great Depression-era scenes ⓘ |
| displayFormat | framed photographic prints ⓘ |
| documentationOf | existing Walker Evans compositions ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | museums of modern and contemporary art ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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photography ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
considered a landmark of appropriation art
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provoked controversy over originality ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
debates in art theory about originality
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later appropriation photographers ⓘ |
| hasPart | rephotographed Walker Evans prints ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Walker Evans
NERFINISHED
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history of documentary photography ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | nonverbal ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstExhibition | Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
appropriation in art
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authorship in art ⓘ originality in art ⓘ reproduction of images ⓘ |
| medium |
gelatin silver print
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photographic print ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Sherrie Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
appropriation art discourse
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postmodern critique of modernism ⓘ |
| productionMethod | direct rephotographing of existing prints ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
aura of the artwork
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intellectual property in art ⓘ mechanical reproduction ⓘ postmodern appropriation ⓘ |
| relatedWork | After Walker Evans: 1–22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | representation of 1930s America ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | rephotography ⓘ |
| visualStyle | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
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