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Cultural Appropriation Essay: Visual Communication

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Phile Mavundla
05 June 2015

Visual Communication
Cultural Appropriation Essay

In This essay the artist of focus will be Kendell Geers, the areas that will be studied will be his art work including the different types, images with different forms of his work will be discussed through the body of the essay and how cultural appropriation and the uses are conducted in his work.
Cultural appropriation involves a dominant group which resorts to exploiting other groups that have less power if any at all, in most cases the group being exploited has very little knowledge on sustaining themselves or each other in relation to certain skill they may have. Cultural appropriation can include the acts of taking or borrowing someone else’s intellectual …show more content…

There are different layers within the paint, the painting is an appropriation from the Sienese painters from the 13th century onwards, the barbed wire is infused with the crucifix and other icon figures such as Bhudda and there are are elements of abstract form. This art work is an example of Geers ability to cross boundaries with his artwork, ‘crossing the line’ encompasses a strong and poetic sense of direction, you can also pick up that geers does not shy away from challenging his audience to think twice about what they already know or think they know. (Geers …show more content…

Bibliography
Image1: http// artthrob.co.za/02jun/artbio.html
Image2: www.kendellgeers.com/library/works/87
Image3: http://www.goodman-gallery.com/artist/bow_thumbs/3856
Image4: https://www.artrabbit.com/events/Kendell-geers-crossing-the-line
Nittle,N. (2015) What Is Cultural Appropriation and Why Is it Wrong?. available from [19 June 2015] www.kendellgeers.com/library/works/87 [19 June 2015]
McIntosh,T. (2007) Lift off Part 1 at Goodman Gallery Cape. available from [19 June 2015]
Geers,K. (2014) Kendell Geers Crossing the Line. available from

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