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... So instead of paying the original artist for a print, or asking them if they might consider a cheaper run (artists are just guessing too!) you paid someone

• prawn 15y ago
  The original artist is a bit above "considering a cheaper run" - originals of their work would be hundreds of thousands of dollars and long since collected. I was not buying as an investment so I could not financially justify a $1,500 (plus framing) print-out. I could not find their pieces as unnumbered prints/posters in the way that you can buy cheaper prints of classics in art gallery stores. I couldn't buy the original or justify a limited copy and an unlimited copy was not otherwise available. I figured some money to a less privileged worker overseas at least helped someone in the art world. All of my other purchases are generally student pieces, from early exhibitions of new artists or smaller prints. I didn't mention being "proud of this" but I do like having the piece on my wall. You are welcome to disagree with my behaviour regardless.
  • aristus 15y ago
    I'm definitely conflicted. OTOH, people commissioning art "in the style" of more expensive artists is as old as art itself. Pixel for pixel replicas is only a difference in degree.
    • prawn 15y ago
      I think there are some grey areas within copyright pertaining to availability and probably other areas too. When family finances push priorities elsewhere and a decision is creating an opportunity for a "poorer" worker, I am often influenced by those things. On availability, it is very common in Australia for even "I don't pirate movies"-types to torrent TV shows by episode or season because they are simply not being shown even on paid TV here and don't seem to be on the radar for the future. Meanwhile, things like Hulu/Netflix/etc are geo-blocked. Had the artist in question made available unnumbered prints for a reasonable price or numbered prints at maybe 500 Euros, it's unlikely I would've even thought to give the Chinese painting village a shot.