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Art Imitates Art

99% Invisible

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Painting in Dafen

Repetition, a strong network of workers and efficiency is how dafen painters were able to fulfil large wholesale orders. Wong says that the average painter could produce one to two paintings a day but experienced workers could turn out much more people would challenge themselves. Ha pushed against stereotypes of what migrant workers could do because of the discrimination. But many painters could work very long and very tiring hours for not a lot of pay.

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