Chinese oil painting frightened of the world
- 26-year-old Zhang Bing (Zhang Libing) third floor studio in their own copy Van Gogh’s work, his balcony Liangshai many dry canvas. July 15, “New York Times” Keith Bradsher (Keith Bradsher) of the article pointed out that Zhang ice is estimated that he had copied the 20000 pieces of Van Gogh’s works of art, this year is more than Van Gogh’s creative hand is even more . Zhang left the ice in the house one block and one on the third floor of a small studio, 25-year-old Ye Xiaodong (Ye Xiaodong) has completed 200 Koshiro flowers dominated the landscape. They live on this street, as well as by peers, Huang Yi-hong (Huang Yihong), he often painted in a shop where on-site production of watercolor painting.
- From furniture to underwear manufacturing industry, China’s low wages and rising exports have changed the status quo in many industries. “The New York Times” commented that the arts, seems to have become an area for change the next. China’s art academies has grown very rapidly, each year hundreds of graduating students who seem willing to accept low-paying jobs. The development of the Internet also makes these unknown artists across China’s borders, they formed a low-cost production line, many Americans can use the “Order” means the Internet to establish their own works of art want to see the size of the color, etc., so in China coastal cities (such as Shenzhen), these little artists can begin to work.
- It is multi-dimensional reporter has learned, is located there and the Department of Foreign inconspicuous Dafen. However, this covers an area of only 4 square kilometers of small villages, you can see not only the international community works of famous painters, but also understand the international oil market trend. Because there is now not only gathered more than 2,000 across the country artist and painter, but also to copy more than 200 oil paintings galleries are the most popular paintings in the market today. According to statistics, Dafen oil painting annual production and sales reached more than 100 million copies, the annual export volume more than 400 million U.S. dollars, the art of counterparts at home and abroad as the “Chinese painting first village.”
- If these village artists in Europe or the United States, and perhaps already become a millionaire. But their works in China’s retail price of the ordinary high price is around 500 U.S. dollars. From postcards to the site of the illustrations, the work of these artists everywhere, they have the independence of small workshop-type operations, towards an integrated development of large-scale industrial production line. At this point, the Chinese perhaps more than any other country say, because modern Chinese is very good at wholesale product lines. From Rome to California, each of Western artists to the attention of those Orientals began to rise.
- Buji Street, Longgang District, according to the Party Working Committee, vice minister of the Propaganda Department, Tai-Fen Oil Painting Village Management Office Director Xiao-Feng Ren introduced Dafen painting is now an annual turnover of around 1,000 million U.S. dollars in 2005 is estimated to break 12 million U.S. dollars, 70% of its major markets abroad, mostly in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, the United States and Australia, China, its domestic sales accounted for 30%. From 1996 to 2004, U.S. imports from China tripled the number of oil paintings in 2004, imports amounted to 30.5 million U.S. dollars, retail and the number doubled.
- American artist groups have raised the question: These Oriental works of intellectual property law in line with the United States do. Wal-Mart spokesman Watts (Bill Wertz) on “The New York Times” said that they may arise because of piracy and the problem has always been not to buy any Chinese painting materials. However, Pierre 1 Imports Inc. (Pier 1), and BBY’s (Bed Bath & Beyond Inc) does not mind the bulk purchase of China’s “production” of oil painting. Florida is the region with the largest purchase of Chinese oil paintings, but from the perspective of the nation, hotels and restaurants are also produced in China is very favorite paintings.
- “The New York Times” reporter pointed out that many imported from China are the Western landscape painting depicting the scenery, or figure drawing, Oilpaintings.com chairman He Luote (Moses Ben Herut) said that those Chinese may Jiansuoweijian scenery in Europe the best selling paintings. As in Shenzhen Dafen Oil Painting Village, the majority of artists are relying on the buyer sent me a picture to paint. Shenzhen Yiyuan oil painting collection, general manager of Ray Wu balls revealed a “Mona Lisa” at least has sold 20 million copies a just RMB 200 (less than 30 U.S. dollars).
- 15 years later, Dafen by production, sales started drawing lines in order to pipeline operation means copying original works, and then low-cost marketing has become a large oil painting reproduction factory. GE, based in England, the Tibetan group (Ziganof Group), CEO of Goldberg (Adrian Goldberg) also came to the Great Fen Village, he only took an hour, then decided a large number of orders. If these paintings fully completed, you can fill six 40-foot shipping containers. Goldberg explained that the price of each painting in the 25 dollars to 30 U.S. dollars, including mounting, and then again every time he works at one U.S. dollars to pay the freight.
- Goldberg has accepted orders for trading company in Guangdong (Canton Trade Fair) a total of 10 “designers” in the work of original oil paintings, 300 paintings divisions copying, 200 workers and is responsible for painting binding. There are other companies while the larger, Chaozhou Hongjia Art Corporation (Chaozhou Hongjia Arts and Crafts Company) owns two factories, 10 “architect”, 250 copying division and 500 workers, more than binding. Copying of large companies and meticulous division of labor division, it was responsible for painting the tree, it was responsible for painting the sky, more efficient, and cost down even lower.
- Ye Xiaodong independent operation of the “New York Times” reporter, said he was also learning this method of assembly line-style paintings, he put a row of unfinished paintings, first need to paint white flowers on each canvas was completed , and then other paintings by category. Ye Xiaodong said, “This dry fast.” Ye Xiaodong, and Zhang Li-bing, like a small workshop like the US-month income below 200 U.S. dollars, but they think that is enough to lead a relatively comfortable life. Once upon a time in the United States has also had great fun the first line of the village model, but today, these “designer” or “copy division” has disappeared.
- Northern New Jersey has gathered a group specifically for families, restaurants and hotels, the art of painting the design companies, but gradually turned to these companies import business. Greater Long Company (Dae Ryung Comopany), for example, 20 years ago, they have seven divisions in the elegant painting studio work, and four years ago, the last one artist has also left the company. Helen Zhou Tai Lung’s (Helen Cho), “said a good start this place, we can clearly tell them what we want. But after a number of years, the Chinese people had come from behind.”
- Exports to China oil painting company agreed that, because each piece of copy of the paintings are handmade by the artist, it would not lead to copyright infringement issues. But the Visual Arts and Galleries Association (Visual Artists and Galleries Association) Zell, president of White (Robert Panzer) does not agree with this view, the 20th century, before the creation of works of art, of course can be copied and freedom of trafficking, but the modern works of both are “reasonable” copying and distribution are illegal.
