detournement

The reading this week was talking about appropriation but with a bigger word, and it is saying that any new works derived from the original are better and more relevant than the original. Now to this i dont agree only because the appropriated work was inspired or at least looked at and decided to be changed, which the artist spent a long time choosing. The post also goes on to mention what the appropriated art's goals and what they wish to achieve. Humor is one of the major themes of detournement, because it encompasses satire, which is used a lot in art especially contemporary art. Also is talks or the two types of detournement, deceptive and minor. In minor, an artist will just change a little of the main piece, and deceptive is when an artist will change a significant amount of information in the art to give it an entirely new meaning. detournment is a pretty new theme in art and is a good way to look at things and give them new meaning, still preserving the original as well.