Appropriation and Representation, With Reference to the Wooster Group
Back in 2007, Harper’s magazine ran an article called “On the Rights of the Molotov Man” that I’ve always remembered. It’s about image culture, and specifically the fraught tale of a particular photograph, recounted through two separate essays: The first by artist Joy Garnett, the second by photographer Susan Meiselas. Garnett explains how, in 2003,