Week six response
I think the reproduction of art is great if you need to sell alot of art to survive. Personally i would rather create an epic series of works and have only a couple copies of each piece. You would have several pieces that come from the same idea or inspiration but they would all be different. The reproduction of art can also screw an artist over if someone decides to reproduce your piece and then call it his own. I have a habbit of assuming the worst in people i don't know when it come to my work and my personal belongings. If i leave it out, it will be stolen. I hate to say that but it's true. people steal ofter artists work all the time.
I don't think photography or cinima is a great reproduction of reality either. It is too subjective. You see what the artist wants you too see, wich may not actually be what is happening in reallity. It is too easy to manipulate reality with a camera. Even when you are trying to document something exactly as it is happening there will some kind of bias somewhere.
Alan DuVall
