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''Molotov Man'' is the title by which a photograph taken by Susan Meiselas during the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution has come to be known. Famous in its Nicaraguan context as a symbol of the Sandanista revolution, it has been widely reproduced and remixed. Latterly, outside this context, it was reproduced via an internet meme based on Joy Garnett's 2003 painting ''Molotov'', becoming a prominent case-study of re-use of art.〔Stephen Marvin, 'Copyright Innovation in Art', ''International Journal of Conservation Science'', 4 (2013), 729-734 (pp. 731--72).〕 The photograph depicts a man (later found to be called Pablo 'Bareta' Aruaz) poised to throw a molotov cocktail, made from a Pepsi bottle, in his right hand, while holding a rifle in his left. ==The original image== By Meiselas's account, : I took the picture ... in Nicaragua, which had been ruled by the Somoza family since before World War II. The FSLN, popularly known as the Sandinistas, had opposed that regime since the early Sixties ... I made the image in question on July 16, 1979, the eve of the day that Somoza would flee Nicaragua forever. What is happening is anything but a "riot." In fact, the man is throwing his bomb at a Somoza national guard garrison, one of the last such garrisons remaining in Somoza's hands. It was an important moment in the history of Nicaragua--the Sandinistas would soon take power and hold that power for another decade--and this image ended up representing that moment for a long time to come.〔Joy Garnett and Susan Meiselas, 'On the Rights of Molotov Man: Appropriation and the Art of Context', ''Harper's Magazine'' (February 2007), 53-58 (pp. 56-57), http://www.firstpulseprojects.com/On-the-Rights-of-Molotov-Man.pdf.〕 The image was first published in Meiselas's ''Nicaragua, June 1978--July 1979''.〔Susan Meiselas, ''Nicaragua, June 1978-July 1979'' (Pantheon, 1981; Aperture 2008), ISBN 978-0-906495-67-4; ISBN 978-1-59711-071-6.〕 However, it was subsequently widely reproduced in both pro- and anti-Sandanista propaganda and art. Meiselas herself exhibited the photograph in Nicaragua (along with others from the same collection) at the time of the twentieth anniversary of the revolution, in 1999.〔Joy Garnett and Susan Meiselas, 'On the Rights of Molotov Man: Appropriation and the Art of Context', ''Harper's Magazine'' (February 2007), 53-58 (p. 58), http://www.firstpulseprojects.com/On-the-Rights-of-Molotov-Man.pdf.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Molotov Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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