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Appropriation

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An artistic strategy in which artists adopt, recontextualize, or reuse existing cultural objects, images, or symbols to alter their meaning or challenge their original associations.

AP course connection

Topic 10.2: 10.2 Purpose and Audience in Global Contemporary Art

Unit 10

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