[d@DCC] Don't Sue Chris Reilly Campaign?

[Christophe Beauregard]

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 11:44, Joe McGuire wrote:
> Hrm, good point. However, didn't Andy recreate the label from scratch
> while creating his works? It strikes me that Reilly is only
> manipulating already existing work. Yes, it's a fine line, but I think
> it's an important one.

>From scratch? I wouldn't say so...

  "In late 1961 Warhol began his images of Campbell’s Soup cans. As with 
other images he made before, he projected enlarged soup can images from 
photographs and then traced these in pencil onto the canvas."

  -- http://www.nga.gov.au/warhol/details/126133.cfm

Personally, I'm not a visual arts kind of guy and I don't entirely get how 
enlarging a photo of a soup can is art, even if done in pencil and ink and 
paint by hand... But the overwhelming concensus of the art community (and, 
indeed, the Campbell Soup Company) is that it's "art" rather than "blatant 
copyright violation", "blatant trademark violation" or even "huh?!?" so, 
what the hell, I'm willing to go with them on that...

So what's changed between 1961 and now?

c.