...should think of something better than "art journal"...

i would first like to point out that the soda cracker mosaic of the american express logo was fricking awesome...

Focus Questions: What constitutes plagiarism in art today? Does it matter who created a particular work of art? What is the difference, in your opinion. between plagiarism and sampling? Does the presence of the artist's hand in a work of art change its value or meaning?

hate this question...

so, in order: taking a work whole cloth and claiming it as your own for the fun and profit of doing so, rather than to make an artistic point. i would say that neither of the artists (john kindness and the critical art ensemble) were plagiarizing what they were depicting. even in the very clear case of using a logo (like the american express thing) in or as the art. each was done for the point of taking something that we see every day and making us realize we're seeing it. that's the difference between plagiarism and sampling, btw. and by the fact that sampling in art exists, yeah the presence of the artist's hand changes it's value and meaning.