In comparing the hysteria around Dana Schutz's painting to the lack
of outrage over the painting by Henry Taylor
of Philandro Castile, or Jordan Wolfson's extremely violent virtual reality film orchestrated by the sound
of Chanukah blessings, I can only conclude the difference is due to a
question of ownership of one's own cultural and
historical narratives.
Questioning notions
of ownership and originality, Oliver Laric uses 3 - D scanning technologies to make
historical artworks and other objects available to be copied on his website, threedscans.com.