DAFEN INCORPORATED
Copying art is a legitimate art form, copying oil paintings is collective art.
The copy artist, the original artist, the commissioner – they all work together to create a special kind of art: copy art.
The art world and the art market are ruled by "the original" and obsessed by the idea of "originality". Copy art does not believe in the one and only "original". On the contrary: Copy art believes that a copy displays aesthetic and artistic decisions just like an original, that a copy is a witness to and the result of an artistic process just like the original, and that a copy develops an aura just like an original – but at a fraction of the cost.
The Southern Chinese City of Dafen is populated by thousands of copy artists, copying masterpieces of European art for a living. Some of them came to collaborate under the name Dafen Incorporated. The geheimagentur is a team of international performers, scientists and theater artists.
Now Dafen Incorporated and geheimagentur join forces to produce THE MOST WANTED WORKS OF ART. And we need your assistance:
TELL US WHAT TO COPY!
The art world and the art market are ruled by "the original" and obsessed by the idea of "originality". Copy art does not believe in the one and only "original". On the contrary: Copy art believes that a copy displays aesthetic and artistic decisions just like an original, that a copy is a witness to and the result of an artistic process just like the original, and that a copy develops an aura just like an original – but at a fraction of the cost.
The Southern Chinese City of Dafen is populated by thousands of copy artists, copying masterpieces of European art for a living. Some of them came to collaborate under the name Dafen Incorporated. The geheimagentur is a team of international performers, scientists and theater artists.
Now Dafen Incorporated and geheimagentur join forces to produce THE MOST WANTED WORKS OF ART. And we need your assistance:
TELL US WHAT TO COPY!