tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post3919476082707892904..comments2024-03-20T05:30:28.856-04:00Comments on __Chicks Dig Poetry__: Bookslut? Galley Cat? Anybody?Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-86017266898514709802008-09-05T21:33:00.000-04:002008-09-05T21:33:00.000-04:00Great entry, Sandra. I dunno. It looks awfully "de...Great entry, Sandra. I dunno. It looks awfully "derivative". Hmmmm....I suppose mgushuedc is right. This will be a how-much-are-you-worth-in-dollars-thing. Though it should not be. <BR/>All artists should be respected. Again, it looks awfully derivative.Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-46364307649633584882008-09-04T00:58:00.000-04:002008-09-04T00:58:00.000-04:00I love Walker too! It's great to meet another fan....I love Walker too! It's great to meet another fan... I recently read a biography about her which described how SHE got her images -- her work is derivative in many ways, but the way she combines and twists the images is her own. I'm on the fence about the cover... The book is "Seeing the Unspeakable".Christine E. Hamm, Poet Professor Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718251845657390735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-24130117141124786662008-09-03T13:20:00.000-04:002008-09-03T13:20:00.000-04:00Silhouette pictures have been around many centurie...Silhouette pictures have been around many centuries. Their popularity comes and goes like a lot of other common styles. I'm not so sure that it as an art form can be attributed to any certain artist as being their style, perhaps their as preferred medium.<BR/>Here in the south part of Texas there are many people who use silhouettes, cut outs from plywood painted black, to decorate their yards, like cowboys and cowgirls, dogs, cats up a tree, etc. Recently when I was up in your neck of the woods I noticed silhouettes of bears here and there as well. <BR/>No offense to Ms. Walker, her art is very striking, nor to you, but in my opinion pretty much anyone can make and use the silhouette art form for many shapes including those to portray selected scenes to evoke an emotion or feeling. <BR/>As far as the legal use of the silhouette form, I'm petty sure it is not under copy write protection. However if someone was to take and copy her actual works, her actual “scenes” that is a different story.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596047988914123701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-61557750866269960512008-09-02T22:03:00.000-04:002008-09-02T22:03:00.000-04:00Ugh. Sorry for the crappy grammar/typing. Tired.Ugh. Sorry for the crappy grammar/typing. Tired.mgushuedchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116858669590406909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-89368628249382616692008-09-02T22:00:00.000-04:002008-09-02T22:00:00.000-04:00Interesting question. I'm also a big admirer of Ka...Interesting question. I'm also a big admirer of Kara Walker, and don't know if her style can be reproduced w/o consequences. The question is to what extent is someone's style. even unique style, intellectual property? You could a cover with a faux-Impressionist painting, but that not infringement, I think. If it was claimed that the book cover was by Kara Walker, then you're looking at forgery. So somewhere between the two.<BR/><BR/>That said, just from the picture of the cover is pretty de-fanged Walker. Her stuff is genuinely disturbing.<BR/><BR/>And I suppose in the legal world whether something is an infringement of intellectual property depends on how much money the person being infringed upon has. Remember: Fear the Mouse isn't said about Disneycorp for nothing.<BR/><BR/>I bet Maureen Thorson could say something actually intelligent on this.mgushuedchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116858669590406909noreply@blogger.com