Chinese Painting Villages

[Karl DD]

A painting speed competition in Dafen.

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Below are some resources about the “Chinese Painting Villages”, such as Wushipu or Dafen in Shenzhen, which employ about 10,000 artists and produce more than 60% of the world’s oil paintings. The information below may be ‘of interest’ to arts educators and/or students, particularly those studying painting.

http://www.flong.com/blog/archives/348

I just read about this now and found it pretty amazing. Would be interested to see what people think about this phenomenon. It is a reality that outsourcing to China is far more 'economical' or should I say 'profitable', but this is taking it to the limit.

Interestingly enough one western artist commissioned a painting to be done of the painting factory itself:

The Image Factory: Dafen by Dafen (2008-9) http://www.alanbutler.info/blog/?page_id=245

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[blue_fox]

that's crazy! Massed produce paintings.

[tonks001]

Really impressive. That's totally a wonderful mass production and these people are very artistic. I'm amazed!
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