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What is an appropriation?

What is an appropriation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An act or instance of appropriating.
  2. That which is appropriated.
  3. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
  4. (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
  5. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
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In this sense, one of the primary postconceptualist strategy, appropriation, was deployed rapaciously upon Conceptual art itself.
The appropriation and resignification of images and other cultural products, of course, is a common cross-cultural occurrence.
Looting of their properties and appropriation of their business establishments are undertaken to ensure that they do not return.
Many of the works on the political side of the spectrum relied on fragmentation, appropriation and postmodern distancing to make their points.
Once again, isn't it worth asking why these types of appropriation bill riders are allowed?
Again, the courts' reluctance to countenance the compulsory appropriation of private rights is evident.

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