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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 9774834, member: 37&quot;]Interesting article.&nbsp; I found this last part particularly telling.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;During my stay, I was corrected and chided for referring to copyists as artists, or yì shù jiā in Chinese. They’re huà jiā, painters or art workers, and the difference in social hierarchy is made extremely apparent.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I wish most of the world would take their factory art as seriously as they do.&nbsp; I see so much factory art being passed as fine artwork.&nbsp; Most of the public really doesn&#039;t know the difference.&nbsp; This coupled with all the mass-produced prints flooding the market, leaves little room for true artist&#039;s work.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I see mass quantities of schlock artwork in the thrifts daily.&nbsp; I always wonder that this stuff really graced the walls of someone&#039;s home at one point. I often see someone carrying a piece of artwork to the checkout and try to get a glimpse of what I am missing.&nbsp; 99 times out of 100, it is nothing I would be interested in.&nbsp; Quite often, the better stuff is still on the shelves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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