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What is it called when artists look to other cultures for inspiration? What issues could arise from this practice?

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Although European artists found African and Oceanic models to be appealing, their use of such forms could be knotty. They often ignored the contexts of the works, taking ideas without showing an interest in the identity or intentions of the original artists. This is cultural appropriation, which occurs when the members of one people or society use the customs, practices, or ideas of another people or society without acknowledging the source. This tendency to look to other cultures for artistic inspiration is called exoticism (or Orientalism).

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This tendency to look to other cultures for artistic inspiration is called exoticism (or Orientalism).

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