Never say "Fake" or "Forgery"...

NEVER SAY `FAKE'. FORGET `FORGERY'. IT'S GOT TO BE `COPY' OR `PASTICHE'

Up until the 19th century, to be a copyist or pasticheur was a respectable artistic profession. During the 17th century more than half of the paintings that changed hands were copies. Over the past century though, already undermined by the invention of photography, this long-established craft has become confused in the popular imagination, largely through sensationalist media coverage, with deliberate attempts to deceive. Today connoisseurs turn up their noses at a mere copy. ...

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Computer-generated 'Rembrandt' painting unveiled.

A computer-generated portrait created in the style of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn was unveiled this week, with its makers saying that they based the new piece on extensive digital analysis of the artist's known body of work.

Organizers said the new "painting" -- which depicts a bearded man in slight profile and wearing period attire -- was created using a 3-D printer to mimic the uneven surface of an actual painting. The original work was formally unveiled at a press event earlier this week in Amsterdam.

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WHAT DO IT MEAN?

Knock-off luxury bag stenciled with the word FAKE.

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Museum of Counterfeits, Paris 

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Some PHILOSOPHICAL questions

If our goal is to reproduce and exchange FAKE ART for the purpose of simulating the day-to-day experience of living with REAL ART, what are the implications?

1. At what point does FAKE ART become REAL ART (for those experiencing it)? 
2. When FAKE ART is made by an ACTUAL ARTIST is it, de facto, REAL ART?
3. What is our focus, REPRODUCTION or ADAPTATION? Both?
4. Should FAKE ART stick to the dimensions and materials of the ORIGINAL? 
5. For legal reasons, should FAKE ART that sticks to the dimensions and materials of the ORIGINAL include an explicit statement of intent?
6. PROPOSAL: we don't talk about our kids while we're making FAKE ART. Yes? No?

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FIRST THERE WERE THE FAKE CHINESE APPLE STORES, NOW THERE'S A COUNTERFEIT IKEA... IN THE SAME CITY

It seems that Kunming in the southwest corner of China is the world capital of knock-off shops.

Apple recently found five counterfeit versions of its stores there after blogger BirdAbroad posted photos of one online - and now a fake Ikea has surfaced.

It's called 11 Furniture and is a 10,000 square metre, four-storey replica that's virtually identical to the Swedish-made version.

It copies Ikea's blue-and-yellow colour scheme, mock-up rooms, miniature pencils, signage and even its rocking chair designs. Its cafeteria-style restaurant, complete with minimalist wooden tables, has a familiar look, although the menu features Chinese-style braised minced pork and eggs instead of Ikea's Swedish meatballs and salmon.      

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Uber For Art Forgeries

As it turns out, living in an on-demand culture has its benefits. Whatever artwork you covet — classic to modern, Da Vinci to Duchamp — is up for sale on the internet. Don’t worry, you don’t have to tread into the nefarious corners of the deep web, where assassins and ayahuasca fluctuate with bitcoin values. The worst you will have to endure is some stupendously transgressive web design, plus the queasy feeling that accompanies the shaky politics of Chinese labor production.  SEE MORE

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