RichardPettibone is

#RichardPettibone is known as one of the pioneers of appropriation art, a movement characterized by the practice of quoting, copying, or deforming objects or pre-existing works of art. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In 1964, the LA-based artist began painting an emblematic series of miniature replicas, and copying works by his prominent New York contemporaries – from Marcel Duchamp’s bicycle wheel to Jasper John’s flags – to appropriate, conserve, and pay tribute to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Works shown by @Galerie Mitterrand at the fair – including the above – highlighted the style of sampling in which Pettibone has engaged for decades: modeling, archiving, and celebrating the history of art through a skillfully mastered technique. — ‘Roy Lichtenstein – Little Aloha 1962’ (1968) – an early work by Richard Pettibone, presented by @Galerie Mitterrand at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #appropriation #appropriationart #popart #roylichtenstein #artbasel #artbaselmiami #artbaselmiamibeach