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The Construction And Defense Of Artistic Authorship In Contemporary Copyright Disputes, Sophie Bell May 2022

The Construction And Defense Of Artistic Authorship In Contemporary Copyright Disputes, Sophie Bell

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Through the lens of three contemporary copyright infringement cases, this thesis examines topics in the field of art law, each grounded in the recent history of art and its controversies, in order to illuminate the unique set of legal conditions shaping contemporary artmaking, sale, and exhibition in the United States.


Invisible Invisibility, Eugina Song Dec 2017

Invisible Invisibility, Eugina Song

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White America assumes its culture is the default, and Asian culture as foreign and irrelevant. I address Asian invisibility by using canvas structure as a Western framing device of painting, and make this cultural barrier visible by breaking out of the frame. Deriving from Dansaekhwa, I challenge the Western painting structure with materiality.