Over de rol van kunst in een globaliserende samenleving

Framer Framed

1 dec 2016 – 17:00

Debat: Van Gogh on Demand – On Making and Faking in China

Datum 1 december 2016 Tijd 17:00 – 19:00 Entree Gratis Locatie Framer Framed in de Tolhuistuin IJpromenade 2 1031 KT, Amsterdam-Noord Route
 Framer Framed in de Tolhuistuin is van Amsterdam Centraal Station bereikbaar met het pontje ‘Buiksloterweg’. De entree van het gebouw ligt direct aan het fietspad langs het IJ. De expositieruimte is bereikbaar via restaurant THT.


What constitutes the real, and what the fake, and why do such distinctions matter that much, not only in contemporary art but also in everyday life? And why is China especially haunted by a discourse of making, as the alleged factory of the world, and faking, as perpetually infringing on copyrights? Dafen is a village located in Shenzhen, in the South of China. It is the place where Van Goghs are being made on demand, where one can order a Mona Lisa with the face of your daughter, or a Mondriaan in the colours that match your sofa. It is the place, also, where around 70% of all the ubiquitous art that we find globally in hotels is being produced.

In this event, Winnie Wong (UC Berkeley), acclaimed author of Van Gogh on Demand: China and the Readymade (University of Chicago Press, 2014) presents the history and working of Dafen, based on her extensive fieldwork.

Artist Sascha Pohle will show his work Reframing the Artist, a movie shot in and with painters from Dafen village. In conclusion, artist Meiya Lin will present work from her True Harmony series, on the making of “authentic” landscapes, temples and tourist sites in China. 

Van Gogh on Demand is organised together with the Hulsewé-Wazniewski Foundation (Leiden University), the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies and Framer Framed, and is part of the project ChinaCreative, funded by the European Research Council (ERC). 

Program
17.00-17.05: Opening by Jeroen de Kloet (Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies, principle investigator of ERC funded project ChinaCreative) and Josien Pieterse (Framer Framed)
17.05-17.30: Winnie Wong – Step 18. Sign Vincent
17.30-18.10: Sascha Pohle, Reframing the Artist, with an introduction by the artist
18.10-18.30: Meiya Lin, Make Sense Series, with an introduction by the artist
18.30-19.00: Discussion