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Contents Title:
The China Syndrome......1
Disney Pays New Zealand
Gallery for Its Name.......2
Jack Vettriano’s Secret
Traced ...........................2
Readers Write................
3
Arvid Has Counterfeits of
His Work Seized
............7
Are You a Cultural
Tourist?
.........................8
Copyright Information
Sources for Artists..........8
I read recently 80% of
the goods found in a
typical Wal-Mart store
are made in China.
Whether the figure is
accurate or not, it would
surprise few consumers
these days to read it. We
have all come to realize
China has become the
manufacturing floor for
the world. Could there be
a more telling event than
venerable Big Blue, i.e.,
IBM, announcing earlier
this year the sale of its
The China Syndrome
Assembly Line Oil Paintings Come of Age
when it is covered in the
New York Times. Below
is a quote from a July 15
article titled, “Own
Original Chinese
Copies of Real Western
Art!” written by Keith
Bradsher. He extensively
reports on business in
China for the Times:
“China's ability to turn
what has long been an
individual craft into a
mass production industry
may affect small-scale
artists from Rome's
Spanish Steps to the
sidewalks along Santa
Monica's beach in
California, as well as
many galleries and art
colonies in between.
Artist groups in the
United States are
starting to express
concern, questioning
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China.
In the art and picture
framing business in
recent years, Asian
manufacturers have had
a profound effect on
moulding distributors and
picture framing
equipment
manufacturers.
Those distributors and
dealers who haven’t
adjusted to lower cost
Chinese manufacturers
have come on hard
Personal Computing
Division to Lenovo Group
Limited, a Chinese
company.
The Chinese
manufacturing skill has
now risen to make them
formidable in highly
technical areas such as
computers and chip sets.
Even Nikon has many of
its cameras now made in
times. Chinese
manufacturers are now
making high-end
furniture and home
accessories. It should be
no surprise then that the
art side of the Decor art
and framing market is
now feeling the impact of
Chinese imports.
You know the story is
reaching critical mass
“Artist groups in the United
States are starting to express
concern, questioning the
originality of some Chinese
paintings and whether they
comply with American copyright
laws.” – New York Times, July 15
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