Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin

• Copies can produce political sentiment
• Aura of art cannot be reproduced
• Art has become copies of art

Che Guevara

Copies can produce political sentiment

• Alberto "Korda" Diaz Gutierrez Photographed Che Guevara
• Photo was copied and became iconic
• Mixed meanings/political

Alberto "Korda" Diaz Gutierrez

Aura of art cannot be reproduced

• Korda sued in 2000 successfully over ownership issues.
• Though copied, original art is still valuable due to the time and space in which it took place

Richard Prince

Art has become copies of art

• Richard Prince adds his name to social media photos and sells them as art
• "Continuation Art" is just adding his own scribbling to another person's art.
• No remorse. Sued.

Walter Benjamin