The art of appropriation and political protest takes on a contemporary form in the internet phenomena known as "meme." The new use of the word meme is in itself a meme.
As an artist who creates in the public realm, I found this instantaneous and spontaneous eruption of emotion fascinating. The power of image!! I'm knocked out by the breadth of creativity and imagination that this incident has provoked, from appropriated picture to video.
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Haha, the art world certainly owes a debt of "meme" gratitude to that rascal Lt. Pike !!
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