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Reproduction Businesses of Thomas Kinkade's painting


When I read the article by Susan Orlean, I am very aware of the big business Thomas Kinkade is trying to create by reproducing his original paintings mechanically using digital technique, but I have also carefully examined whether this article which discusses about the reproduction of his art works has a correlation with Walter Benjamin's essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".
A certain emotion or an "aura" is said to be present when an artist creates an art work. However, some of the reproduction pieces inside Kinkade's signature gallery are highlighted by his specially trained assistant; I believe these paintings are no longer evoking this so-called "aura" of the original work. Aura is something that cannot be duplicated. Reproductions of art pieces are simply tangible and concrete object. They are digital imitations that "could be soaked in water, peeled off the paper, and affixed to a......

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