Originally posted by redrockcoulee A zone plate on your camera is also an less expensive method of creating a pictorial is to image. Art is in the eyes of its creator, no one has to agree with the artist but to state that it is not art just because you do not like or appreciate it is not correct. No more than me saying that turnips are not food.
I do not agree with the concept that a reproduction of an oil painting is just as good as the real thing or that copying an original work of art is a worthy endeavor unless you are learning how the masters made their work. Artists work is of value and is not out their for your free use. Just my private rant.
- If you do your own Pollack, you'll copy the technique, not the actual painting. So there no copyright issue. There should not be holdup of ideas. In particular because one just think of pourring painting on a canevas in a given way should not mean he is the only one on earth that can do that and all others should give him money if they do the same. Imagine if we had to be retricted to 1 Artist for each Art style (for example 1 artist for impressionism), this would have denied humanity lot of fine piece of Art.
- A copy can be under licence and be legitimate. Many artist sell copies of their art to increase revenue. It is also a comon exercie in fact in Art school to learn from the masters and actually a copy made by a more talented artist can be better than the original. There lot of value in the exercise.
- There no issue with copying and old piece of Art. In France it stop 70years after the death of the Artist. It already let lot of time for the Artists and it's familly to make money. There no need to make it last forever.
- Finally if you appreciate a particular work aquiring a good copy of it can be much more affordable than trying to get the orginal. Just imagine if you want a Van Gogh in your living room... Being fetishist and accepting only the original will just mean you'll not get it at all and you'll have to live near the museum that has it if you want to see it on a regular basis. This is not practical.