Appropriating

This piece of art is an example of a work that is appropriating. Appropriating means taking something for ones own use or using borrowed elements in one owns art work. I remember when Colleen Pendry spoke to us about her materials, she mentioned that she used copies of her mothers letters physically in her work. But, she also seemed to appropriate some of the imagery she found in the asylum. For example, the cube or box life form, as well as physical objects she took for her own use, like the paint chips and peelings she has found there. Colleen's choice of materials is what connects this piece to the idea of appropriating.