appropriationistn.
An adherent or supporter of appropriation; in Hindu Philosophy One who holds that the soul is an appropriation of the being of Brahma.
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1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 244 Those who hold the soul to be Brahma as appropriated to the internal organ,—the appropriationists.
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A. n.
Art (originally U.S.). An exponent of appropriation (see appropriation n.); an artist who reworks the images or styles contained in earlier works of art, esp. in order to provoke re-evaluation by presenting them in a new context, or to challenge notions of individual creativity and authenticity in art. Also (in extended use) of a film director, musician, etc., adopting this technique.
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1986 Los Angeles Times 13 June vi. 17/1 The show takes its central cue from the Post-Modernists; more specifically, one of that genre's major subcults, the Appropriationists.
1991 Esquire June 121/2 Avis was a second-wave appropriationist, who made color Xeroxes of masterpieces out of art books and then signed them in an ink mixed of her own blood and urine.
1996 Films in Rev. Mar. 28/2 Unlike an appropriationist, Einhorn did not contextualize or comment on the film.
1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 280/2 In taking existing forms and reworking them to their own purposes he and his fellow customizers were among the first postmodernists, appropriationists long before anyone had heard of Michael Graves, Sherri Levine, or Puff Daddy.
B. adj.
Art (originally U.S.). Designating or relating to the use of appropriation (see appropriation n.); of or designating appropriationists.
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1986 Los Angeles Times 29 Aug. vi. 14/2 Mike Bidlo, who's staked out a corner of the Appropriationist camp executing perfect imitations of modern art classics.
1993 Independent 16 Feb. 12/4 The appropriationist 1980s were overpopulated with artists whose subject was the art of other artists.
1997 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 7 Mar. Sherman's wickedly appropriationist photograph based on religious paintings.
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