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I've always been fascinated by the debate generated by artist appropriation of another artist's work. Depending on the intention of the later artist, the legacy is that he or she is:
borrowing, copying, stealing, reinterpreting, paying homage to, sourcing, giving reverence to, making reference to, inspired by, influenced by basing, chasing, otherwise debasing, sometimes defacing-
the former artist's work.

Of course, when one legend does it to another, it is beautiful and amazing, and well and truly monumental. The MoMA QNS exhibition of Picasso and Matisse was a case in point, a gorgeous dialogue between two artists, each challenged and provoked to perform/outperform the other.

In this case, take a look at how Salvador Dali digests and reflects on Millet's 1859 piece, The Angelus.

Above: Millet's "Angelus"  Below: Dali's "Archaelogical Reminiscence of Millet's Angelus"


Above: Millet's "Angelus"         Below: Dali's "Millet's Architectonic Angelus"




Above, Millet's "Angelus"    Below Dali's unfinished 1978 piece "The Eye of the Angelus"

Check back for more "NoA Inspirations" - up next "Dali to Koons" and "Millet to Van Gogh"!