In Praise of Art Forgery

GE1127-MONEY AND ARTFINAL PROJECT

Lee Lok Kwan , Charlotte52622806

IN PRAISE OF ART FORGERY

ART FORGERYCreating and selling of works of art which are falsely credited to other, usually more famous artists

THEMEAn essay on Art Forgery: Good or Bad?

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

REFERENCE1. 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