July 2006
If you fancy an old master but don't want to pay millions, Dafen, China, is the place to go. For a few dollars, the 'painter workers' will whip you up whatever you fancy. The village alre...
July 2006 If you fancy an old master but don't want to pay millions, Dafen, China, is the place to go. For a few dollars, the 'painter workers' will whip you up whatever you fancy. The village already supplies 600 galleries.
Just 17 years ago, Dafen was a rural backwater. Then art entrepreneur Huang Jiang moved in. "I needed lots of people to work for me. Here was a whole village", he explains. By applying China's production line techniques to art and training lots of artists, he has boosted the town's turnover to $22 million p.a. Orders come in from around the world.
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Well I can agree to you to an extent... but... China is a very hard place to live, and this might very well be the only job they will 'slightly enjoy'. That's better then making nikies in a shoe factory :l
So great musicians today who plays Chopin and Beethoven is ripping off Chopin and Beethoven? Why don't you go tell those talented musicians to go make their own symphonies? And responding to your other comments, what makes you think that those artists only care about money? You can't judge them
Chinese artists' works are getting more and more attention. Not long ago, a Chinese artist's original painting was auctioned for over $10Million in NYC. These young artists are surely making a humble living by copying the famous. But I'm sure some of them will become famous in the future.
It's a free world, if people needs money to survive, they'll try to earn it! Copying paintings is NOT "stealing"! They never said those are the originals, they sell them as what they are - REPRODUCTINOS OF THE ORIGINALS. Just because you have the luxury to have a choice, doesn't mean others do, stop being so self-righteous and pretentious please!
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And responding to your other comments, what makes you think that those artists only care about money? You can't judge them