Appropriation and Exploitation

I think appropriation is not really a new topic in art at all. Since artists are also living in the real world,( not on an isolate planet and such) we abserve and we absorb, and the art we make  is very much affected by that.  However, I guess the general agreement is that as long as you are not copying it entirely, it is alright. Somehow the artist either mix something different new in it or there is another meaning or direction it might go, then it is OK. I just find it usually hard to appreciate those artwork that appropriate too obviously.

About Exploitation, I think it is hard to argue that it does not exist in the art world, just search the word art and exploitation, you will be able to find a lot of examples.  Exploitation in general really has existed in the world everywhere else we live in, so why not the art world? If according to the nature of art that it suppose to reflect the human culture and society itimately, I say that whatever is easily found in the culture and the society should not be hard to find in art. However, as an artist, you should think about where is your stand in this matter. Just like what other artists did in their work. I personally will try not to do it.