Local artist accused of plagiarism in Balboa Park exhibit

An art exhibit in Balboa Park has been shut down amid allegations of plagiarism by a local painter, Jody Abssy. The exhibit, called Gather Ye Goddesses, at Gallery 21 in the Spanish Village Art Center included 33 paintings of ancient goddesses.
Abssy spoke on camera and gave a tour of her exhibit to News 8 in March, just days before the plagiarism accusations came to light.
“Some of them [paintings] came together very quickly and some of them gave me a lot of trouble. And I had to keep going back to satisfy them - the goddess - and to satisfy me as an artist,” Abssy said during her initial interview with News 8.
The plagiarism allegations started to come in after the San Diego Union-Tribune published photos of some of Abssy’s goddess paintings.
Soon after, Gallery 21 shut down the exhibit in mid March.
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[@janh7964]

That's ridiculous. How did she think people wouldn't find out? Even kids are taught not to plagiarize. She obviously didn't look up the definition of plagiarism.

[@saraxdouglas8577]

She is a horrible artist. Her copies suck! When you put the art side by side you can clearly see she did awful copies.

[@darkguardian1314]

It's more common than you think. Many artists "borrow" from other artists to incorporate it into their works under the unfortunate saying "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." but this is just straight out lazy. I love the visions and the connection to nature but they're not Abssy visions. More like bad copies of them.

[@stephenburrows4250]

The quote is from Picasso - but what he meant was the idea, the style, the approach, the imagination AND THEN..., leverage it and make it your own... :-)

[@markdiego1534]

She should know better

[@andrewcarnell7584]

Don’t click the comments with time stamps

[@crimsonfirelily]

I report those as spam btw

[@darkguardian1314]

You can report spam comments for removal. News 8 gets spammed on nearly every video.

[@lorettagallagher]

How Embarrassing.

[@yungmetro4889]

Oh my Goddess...

[@babyk6374]

Abssy forgot to included a self portrait...old lady goddess of theft and lies! She was forced to copy because she has no real talent of her own.

[@DecipherDiz]

To be fair she is right, she didn’t infringe on any-one’s copyright.... she infringed on everyone’s haha. Also how is something copyright if it 10x more hideous. It’s a like a 2 year old drawing a car, those pieces were dreadful. I mean I would be flattered if a handicap child copied my art work, please also try to sell them little one, you need it more than I do.

[@reyrayo2502]

I play music and i would Never copy someones creation and pass it off as my own. She knew what she was doing at least change the colors

[@deesandiego]

bad copies at that ----shame on her

[@ConstantlyRepeatingMyself]

The copies were not even that good. The originals look like artwork and Abssy's work looks like a novice artist drew them. Shame on her for copying other artists' work. She should be sued.

[@jonathantorres1285]

her mind: i need originality, bet ill go steal someones

[@megabeatmanmania]

Talks like a fake too

[@kissfan7]

Every single copy is shittier than the original too lol.

[@raylynlucas5729]

All I know is the copies look lifeless AFf!

[@h2oburke]

Imagine having an Identity Crisis at that age. Sheesh.

[@BACNandEGGS]

Artists always getting shafted by manipulators

[@darkguardian1314]

1:34 Rosa needs to upgrade her internet camera or connections. Her frames per seconds are awful.

[@loszhor]

Not cool.

[@DecipherDiz]

But it’s hilarious

[@rprzpnting]

😂😂😂 she added to a picture to make it her own.., it doesn’t work like that lady

[@MrNaysh]

At least she's not a copycat killer just a copycat painter.

[@ktmenifee]

Pants on fire 🔥

[@Doomedcreatures]

hahah

[@jefferylaudenslager8758]

One big regret is that the originals were painted at all.

[@365DAysoFsurfing]

There a little different lol

[@T_P_W_ThachoZenjuan]

Just a little bit.

[@TonaldDrumppp]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAIL!!!!!!

[@happyraccoon4791]

There are no gods. There is One