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• Title:Van Gogh on demand : China and the readymade / Winnie Won Yin Wong.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wong, Winnie, 1978-
  
• Published/Created:Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: N8580 .W66 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Art--Reproduction.
  Art copyists--China--Shenzhen Shi.
  Aesthetics, Modern--21st century.
  Art--Economic aspects.
  Art and society--China--History--21st century.
  Rural-urban migration--China--Beijing.
  Cultural industries--China.
  City planning--China--Shenzhen Shi.
  
• Description:xi, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
  
• Summary:"In southern China lies Dafen, an urban village that houses thousands of workers who paint van Goghs, Da Vincis, Warhols, and other Western masterpieces for the global market, producing an astonishing five million paintings a year. Winnie Won Yin Wong infiltrated this world by first investigating the work of contemporary artists who made their projects there, then working as a dealer, apprenticing as a painter, surveying wholesalers and retailers in Europe, East Asia, and North America, and finally establishing relationships with local officials and initiating an art exhibition for the Shanghai World Expo. The result is Van Gogh on Demand, a book about one infamous corner of the global art world that is nevertheless deeply connected to its highest ideals. Wong takes up questions of imitation, innovation and appropriation; unravels the definition of art, the making of the artist, and the ownership of the image; and describes an art world in which migrant workers, propagandists, dealers, and contemporary artists make up a global supply chain of creativity."--Publisher description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780226024752 (cloth ; alk. paper)
  022602475X (cloth ; alk. paper)
  9780226024899 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
  022602489X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
  9780226024929 (e-book)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One Imagining the Great Painting Factory
  ch. Two Conceptual Artist and the Copyist Painter
  ch. Three True Art and True Love in the Model Bohemia
  ch. Four Step 18: Sign "Vincent"
  ch. Five Framed Authors: Conceptualism and the Dafen Readymade.