OTW News recently highlighted Salon’s discovery of (movie) fanart (created by men). Fanartist Betty Anne not only contributed to the discussion there but also chose to share a more formal response, now available on Transformative Works and Culture’s Symposium blog.
Among the points Betty Anne makes:
The difficulty in categorizing fanart is that there isn’t even a good definition for most art being created today — labels like “post-post-modern,” “contemporary art,” or “new modern” are just that: labels intended to help people niche themselves.