Neki to vole lažno / Some Like It Fake

U Dafenu, na jugu Kine, može se nabaviti baš sve: slika u stilu Gerharda Richtera stoji od 30 eura, mali van Gogh košta 45 eura, srednja verzija njegovih Suncokreta 100 eura, Monetovi Lopoči 120 eura, Rembrandtovi autoportreti 150 eura, a za osmijeh Mona Lise treba izdvojiti oko 200 eura jer ga kineskim slikarima navodno nije tako lako vjerno prenijeti na platno. Opseg proizvodnje u ovom gradu krivotvorina golem je: ondje se svake godine izradi više od 10 milijuna slika. Tisuće slikara danonoćno u skučenim prostorima stvaraju djela velikih majstora koja se zatim uglavnom u velikim serijama izvoze u Europu i Ameriku. Vrijedni stanovnici Dafena žive od velike umjetnosti, s njom i unatoč njoj; djeca odrastaju okružena Klimtovim Poljupcem i Munchovim Krikom, a obitelji spavaju pod van Goghovom Zvjezdanom noći, dok ih promatra Vermeerova Djevojka s bisernom naušnicom.

There is nothing that is not available in Dafen in southern China: A Gerhard Richter starts at 30 EUR, a small van Gogh costs 45 euros, his ‘Sunflowers’ in medium size 100 euros, Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ 120 euros, Rembrandt’s self-portraits 150 euros and for the Mona Lisa’s smile you have to pay around 200 euros, because it is supposedly not so easy for the Chinese to copy her. The output of the forgery city is gigantic: over 10 million paintings are produced here every year. Thousands of painters paint the works of great masters day and night in the smallest of spaces, which are mainly sold in bulk orders to Europe and America. Dafen’s hard-working inhabitants live from, with and despite the great art, children grow up between Klimt’s Kiss and Munch’s Scream, families sleep under van Gogh’s Starry Night, watched by Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl Earrings.