After Degas

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"After Degas" is a conceptual artwork series by Sherrie Levine that re-photographs and appropriates Edgar Degas’s images to question originality, authorship, and the nature of artistic reproduction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf appropriation art
conceptual artwork series
artForm series of photographic works
artHistoricalContext late 20th-century American art
artisticApproach appropriation of existing artworks
re-photography
artMovement Appropriation art
Postmodern art NERFINISHED
associatedTheme feminist critiques of art history
institutional critique
recontextualization of canonical artworks
belongsToPracticeOf Sherrie Levine’s ongoing strategy of re-photographing existing images
challengesConcept the idea of the original masterpiece
the uniqueness of the art object
traditional notions of artistic genius
concept questioning authorship
questioning originality
questioning the nature of artistic reproduction
creator Sherrie Levine NERFINISHED
criticalReception frequently discussed in art theory and criticism
displayContext contemporary art museums and galleries
documentationForm photographic prints
examinationOf mechanical reproduction in art
the role of the artist as author
the status of photographic copies
genre conceptual art
inspiredBy Edgar Degas NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
medium photography
nationalContextOfArtist United States NERFINISHED
notableFor its role in debates on postmodern authorship
provoking legal and ethical questions about appropriation
use of canonical male artist’s work as source material
ontologicalQuestion how value is assigned to reproductions
what constitutes an original artwork
philosophicalInfluence post-structuralist theories of authorship
theories of mechanical reproduction in art
relatedTo copyright debates in art
issues of originality in modern art
questions of authenticity in art
relatedWorkBySameArtist After Mondrian
After Walker Evans
subjectMatter reproduced images of Degas’s works
titleReferences Edgar Degas NERFINISHED
usesSourceMaterial images by Edgar Degas

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Sherrie Levine notableWork After Degas