news January 12, 2011
Do it yourself ? Better not
I’ll use this
ironic idea from iArtistLondon (http://www.iartistlondon.com/products/ihirst) that plays with Damien Hirst’s
piece “For the love of God”, to talk about something serious: whoever creates whatever, is used to deal with copies,
forgeries and “freely inspired” items: you have an idea, make it real, someone
sees it, likes it, takes profit from it. “Can’t afford the original? No
problem. Here’s one that looks just like it!.” Really? Is it really the same? A
piece of art is nothing without its creator’s soul and a copy has no soul. Same
thing with clothes: you can copy the patron, buy the same or similar fabric,
make something that looks like the real thing but it will never get even close
to the real thing. So do yourself a favor: stick to the original. You will look
much better.
