art sparks art: Yin and Yang

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Yin and Yang

David Revoy, Yin and Yang of World Hunger, year unknown

Jakub Wojewoda, Sayeva, year unknown


Don Mak, Siddhartha and Jesus, 2005

The ancient Yin-Yang symbol is a sacred emblem that represents a coming together of all the universe's oppositions, from male and female, moon and sun to water and fire. Each half contains the seed of its opposite and from their union, harmony occurs. In the images above, greed spills over into the side of hunger and in so doing, ruins the balanced equilibrium. Black and white unite in love and finally, religions of the East and West (Siddhartha and Jesus) nestle alongside each other, representing cooperation instead of contradiction.

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In the visual arts, the term appropriation often refers to the use of borrowed elements in the creation of new work. The borrowed elements may include images, forms or styles from art history or from popular culture, or materials and techniques from non-art contexts. There are patterns in art which are self-repeating and when we see them, we are often absorbed by them. Art sparks art is a space that I will use to post findings of appropriation or alternatively, I will post threads that are linked through a continuity in theme.