"Southern China is the world's leading center for mass-produced works of art. One village of artists exports about five million paintings every year -- most of them copies of famous masterpieces. The fastest workers can paint up to 30 paintings a day." - story
Art: August 2006 Archives
Over at Edward Winkleman's blog (btw one of the finest art blogs around - if you're not familiar with it), in one of his most recent posts, Edward discusses whether explanation destroys art. Regardless of whether you agree with him, it's worth the read - as are probably most of the comments.
"A historic interview conducted by Andre Müller in 1979 with Arno Breker, Hitler's favourite sculptor" - well worth the read.
Ron Mueck's artwork are photo-realistic sculptures, often quite large. This site has more examples, and this page tells you everything about one particular example. Jonathan Jones is not impressed, though.
"What does a totalitarian regime expect from its artists? Jane Portal explores the role of art in North Korea." - "A picture must be painted in such a way that the viewer can understand its meaning. If the people who see a picture cannot grasp its meaning, no matter what a talented artist may have painted it, they cannot say it is a good picture." (Kim Jong-Il) Funny, I have heard similar comments in the West from people who criticize modern art.
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