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Art Imitates Art

99% Invisible

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Dafpin's Story

Dafen was a small village in china that pumped out hand painted replicas of western works of art. The local government even took pains to address concerns of copyright infringement and daphin. A lot of news coverage focused on an army of factory workers slaving away to pump out counterfeit paintings into the art market. By two thousand eight dafen had undergone its urban makeover and had even formally changed its name to dafand oil painting village.

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