According to Jean Baudrillard, a simulation does not refer to anything real; it is representation without origin.

Ethics and Professionalism
July 17, 2020
John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address
July 17, 2020

According to Jean Baudrillard, a simulation does not refer to anything real; it is representation without origin.

According to Jean Baudrillard, a simulation does not refer to anything real; it is representation without origin. In what ways is this photograph by Cindy Sherman a simulation?

Going along with the concept of simulation to some extent, the past couple of decades have brought a type of art referred to as appropriation art into the arena of high art as a valid art form.  What do you think of appropriation? Is this a valid form of artistic expression?