GE1127-MONEY AND ARTFINAL PROJECT
Lee Lok Kwan , Charlotte52622806
IN PRAISE OF ART FORGERY
ART FORGERY
Creating and selling of works of art which are falsely credited to other, usually more famous artists
THEME
An essay on The Positive Value of Art ForgeryIn Contrast with the Conventional
View on Counterfeiting
1. Conventional and Scholars’ view on art forgery
2. My supporting view on art forgery
CONVENTIONAL AND SCHOLARS’ VIEW ON ART FORGERYArtistic CrimesThe British Journal of Aesthetics 19 (1979): 302-341Denis Dutton
• intrinsic aesthetic properties should be respected as it was believed to be the work of an esteemed artist
• misattribute origin, misrepresent achievement
Martin Gayford - an art criticArticle on THE TELEGRAPH 17 Jun 2010• ‘art history became
instantly inapplicable’
CONVENTIONAL AND SCHOLARS’ VIEW ON ART FORGERY
MY SUPPORTING VIEW ON ART FORGERY
In my point of view, Art Forgery has its own value
nowadays
A COLLECTION OF FAMOUS PAINTING AT ONE POINT
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
can take photos and touch the art pieces
The Scream 1983 Edvard Munch
A photo taken inside Ostuka Museum of Art – reproducing a collection of renowned paintings
CONSERVATION FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME
Ceramic Texture• remain their color and shape > 2000
years• Revamp destroyed art piece
ART PIECE THAT CANNOT BE MOVED ANY MORE1937GuernicaPablo Ruiz Picasso
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
CONCLUSIONA new business in the new art world• Art Forgery for a Chinese artist to make a
living
REFERENCE
1. http://www.o-museum.or.jp/english/character/
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5303200.stm?ls
3. http://www.wga.hu/html_m/g/greco_el/05/0502grec.html
4. http://www.ebaomonthly.com/ebao/readebao.php?a=20041110
5. http://big5.chinanews.com:89/hr/2011/04-26/2999149.shtml
6. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7824999/Art-forgeries-
does-it-matter-if-you-cant-spot-an-original.html
7. http://www.denisdutton.com/artistic_crimes.htm
8. http://www.fastcodesign.com/3016660/chinese-art-counterfeiters-make-art-
imitating-their-lives#1
