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joy garnett

joy garnett -lrb- born 1965 -rrb- is a painter and writer in brooklyn , new york , usa .
garnett 's paintings , based variously on news photographs , scientific imagery and military documents she gathers from the internet , examine the apocalyptic-sublime at the intersections of media , politics and culture .
she engages contemporary consumption of media and the delineation between journalistic and artistic images .
she takes the digital image itself as her subject and is interested in digital media in general .
she is married to visual artist bill jones .
her work is often associated with sampling in new media art and with appropriation art .
controversy surrounding her 2003 painting `` molotov '' has drawn international scrutiny to issues of ownership and fair use in appropriation art .
garnett 's work has been reproduced in publications including harper 's , `` perspecta : the yale school of architecture journal '' , and cabinet magazine .
since 2005 , garnett has served as arts editor at `` cultural politics '' , a contemporary culture , politics and media journal published by duke university press .
she is the editor of newsgrist .
