UNLICENSED. Bootlegging as Creative Practice. - Ben Schwartz 226pp wraps in a printed

226pp wraps in a printed dust jacket

The Joyce painting took 3 years

revealing how his years in Paris transformed his understanding of American identity

Elsa’s Saracen tower stands formidable amidst a shrubland… In the distance

While contending with day-to-day struggles common to other booksellers

UNLICENSED. Bootlegging as Creative Practice. - Ben Schwartz 226pp wraps in a printedOver the last few decades the term bootlegginga practice once relegated to smugglers and copyright infringershas become understood as a creative act. Debates about homage, appropriation, and theft that are common in the art world, are now being held in the spheres of corporate branding, social media, and the creative industry as a whole. Today, bootlegging has become fetishized as an aesthetic in and of itself, influencing everything from underground