In the art conservation program of the University of Delaware, students gather as much forensic evidence as they can to peel back the layers of museum masterpieces, then set to work replicating their artists' gestures, producing historically accurate reconstructions.
Other pieces in the big collection given imaginative treatment were the "Paint Box" bag in lacquered metal, replicating an artist's colors; and the "Poodle" boot, its fluffy marabou feathers trembling as if there were, indeed, a pet pooch inside.
How hard is it to replicate another artist?
These covers showcased muscled men and servile women, a style that artists replicated in subsequent decades.
Not only did Belgium industrialize long before the Netherlands, it was renowned for the skill of its decorative artists in replicating intricate French styles.
In another category are artists who replicate ordinary things but with a slightly surrealistic twist.
The "Untitled Film Stills" and a handful of their color successors from the early eighties move from the general (tones and moods made familiar by movies) to the specific (the fact of the artist herself replicating them, inserting herself into them, and transforming herself according to them).
ISTANBUL — By bringing his "Sketches for a Paradise" to the Frieze Art Fair in London, Erinc Seymen is striking back at two empires: the colonizers of unappreciated cultures, and dealers who urge artists to replicate successful works in a bid to satisfy collectors.
It shows the vast range of possibilities for other artists to replicate from, and it also shows how relevant we are.
Other groups and artists have replicated the symbolic act, including the Mexican artist Pedro Reyes, whom Velez has worked with in the past.
