Appropriation

What is appropriation?

Appropriation in art involves using pre-existing images or objects with little or no modification. This technique has played a significant role across various art forms, including visual arts, music, performance, and literature. In visual arts, appropriation refers to the practice of adopting, sampling, recycling, or borrowing elements—or even entire forms—of existing visual culture, integrating them into new works to create meaning or critique.
Jumps Out at You, No?

Jim Dine

Jumps Out at You, No?, 1993

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 14,000 - 16,000

Pulp Fiction

Banksy

Pulp Fiction, 2004

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

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Victory Over Death Hand Finished Print

Damien Hirst

Victory Over Death Hand Finished Print, 2008

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

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Water (H6-9)

Damien Hirst

Water (H6-9), 2020

Limited Edition Print

Giclée printing

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Gabriel from the Archangels H15-4

Damien Hirst

Gabriel from the Archangels H15-4, 2021

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 18,000 - 23,400

Blizzard H13-10 from Where The Land Meets The Sea

Damien Hirst

Blizzard H13-10 from Where The Land Meets The Sea, 2023

Limited Edition Print

Photograph

GBP 5,500 - 7,100

Colliding H13-9 from Where The Land Meets The Sea

Damien Hirst

Colliding H13-9 from Where The Land Meets The Sea, 2023

Limited Edition Print

Photograph

GBP 7,500 - 9,700

Deadman's Cove H13-1 Where the Land Meets the Sea

Damien Hirst

Deadman's Cove H13-1 Where the Land Meets the Sea, 2023

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 5,950 - 7,700

Kingsdown Beach H13-2 from Where The Land Meets The Sea

Damien Hirst

Kingsdown Beach H13-2 from Where The Land Meets The Sea, 2023

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 5,950 - 7,700

Queen of Hearts

Mr. Brainwash

Queen of Hearts

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

GBP 11,000 - 13,000

Carracci Flower

Jeff Koons

Carracci Flower, 2021

Limited Edition Print

Pigment print

GBP 14,000 - 16,000

 Invasion White (with Red and Black)

Invader

Invasion White (with Red and Black), 2009

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 18,000 - 21,000

Alert (Blue)

Invader

Alert (Blue), 2021

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

GBP 10,000 - 12,000

3D Little Big Space

Invader

3D Little Big Space, 2022

Sculpture / Object

Acrylic sculpture

GBP 1,620

Barcode (unsigned)

Banksy

Barcode (unsigned), 2004

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 25,000 - 30,000

Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Cream) (Small)

Shepard Fairey

Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Cream) (Small), 2026

Limited Edition Print

Giclée printing

EUR 5,500 - 7,000

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Body Print

A body print is an art technique where the artist uses their body as a printing plate. This can be done by smearing grease, margarine, or oil on the skin, hair, and clothes, then pressing the body against a surface like paper. The oiled imprint is then dusted with pigment. Unlike a self-portrait, a body print explores two competing concepts of identity rather than capturing a likeness of the artist. The method emphasizes the physicality of the body while questioning the boundaries between self-representation and abstraction.

Cracking Art Group

This Italian art movement includes artists from Italy, Belgium, and France who are known for creating public installations using recyclable plastic to craft massive animal sculptures. The artwork explores the rupture between the synthetic and natural worlds, with the plastic construction symbolizing the synthetic, and the animal forms representing the natural world.

Political pop

Political Pop was an art movement that emerged in China during the 1980s, blending the Pop Art style of Western countries with the socialist realism of China. This movement arose during a time of rapid social and political change in China, as artists sought to create works that questioned and critiqued these cultural shifts. Political Pop often juxtaposed iconic images from Chinese propaganda with Western consumer culture, highlighting the tensions between tradition and modernization.

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