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This exhibition brings together a wide range of graphic art inspired by well-known artworks, artists, or a pivotal figure in an artist鈥檚 life. Most artists have a favorite predecessor or artistic movement they particularly identify with. This can be manifested in the re-use of imagery or the adoption of a distinctive style developed by an earlier artist. Some artists portray themselves in the guise of a favorite painter. Others may incorporate a famous artwork in a new context. Artists begin their training by studying and copying from masterworks of the past, learning principles of style, composition and technique through emulation. As the French Neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres advised his pupils,

鈥淎ddress yourselves to the masters, therefore, speak to them, they will answer you, for they are still living. It is they who will instruct you; I myself am no more than their quiz-master.鈥�

The effect of borrowing and interpretation creates an engaging visual dialogue with multiple layers of meaning. The iconic images recognizable in these prints serve as a common point of reference from which artists engage in contemporary issues, reflections and perceptions of reality. Art of Homage is arranged into four sections exploring advertising and book arts; appropriation; tributes; and satire and social commentary. As with other artforms visual art is not created in a vacuum, as the creative process is built upon the works of previous generations.