In connection with the case of the Belgian artist Luc Taymans/Luc Tuymans, recognized by the civil court of Antwerp guilty of plagiarism when creating a portrait of a Belgian politician Jean-Marie Dedecker problem over again became a subject of discussion.
Luc Tuymans now receives broad moral support from the public and artists, his defense has been even Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
The artist believes that the process against him was inspired by far-right politicians, against which Taymans constantly acted, in fact, a photo of one of them, used by the artist in his painting, and became an occasion for the court. However, the policy did not expect such a sharp reaction of the international community and is now accused of Tamasa that he mobilized against them all their international relations.
And the artist is not going to give up - he is preparing to appeal the decision of the court. According to experts, have taken place in recent accusations of plagiarism against Richard Prince, Shepard Fairey and Jeff Koons become a definite trend, already out of control, and if this goes on, the work of Warhol, created with the use of appropriation, soon can be considered illegitimate.
[I]Picture of Tamasa "Belgian politician" 2011 the court found a reproduction of a photo taken in 2010 by photo-reporter of the van Kathrein Gil@
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