Real vs. Fake Hawaiian - General Tiki

GK Grand Kahu Grand Member (2 years) Dallas, TX Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 189	GK Grand Kahu Posted posted on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 11:59 AM In the museum field, "fake" (aka forgery) is generally reserved for describing a work created with the intention to deceive by providing the appearance of something else, typically an older work, one by a known artist, or from a particular culture other than the one which made it. As long as the intention is not to deceive, then it becomes as Big Bro suggests -- that is, a work innocently inspired by or in other nomenclature, "in the style of." So, we can have a wanna-be Barney West carving which a carver tries to pass off as such and have a fake of a work in the style of a New Guinea "original" (or source). Whew. This begat that, and this begat another! I really should have a cocktail before thinking about hair-splitting... GK Grand Kahu Tied by my Mai Tai... [ Edited by: Grand Kahu 2012-09-16 12:00 ]

In the museum field, "fake" (aka forgery) is generally reserved for describing a work created with the intention to deceive by providing the appearance of something else, typically an older work, one by a known artist, or from a particular culture other than the one which made it. As long as the intention is not to deceive, then it becomes as Big Bro suggests -- that is, a work innocently inspired by or in other nomenclature, "in the style of." So, we can have a wanna-be Barney West carving which a carver tries to pass off as such and have a fake of a work in the style of a New Guinea "original" (or source). Whew. This begat that, and this begat another!

I really should have a cocktail before thinking about hair-splitting...

Grand Kahu

Tied by my Mai Tai...

[ Edited by: Grand Kahu 2012-09-16 12:00 ]

Post #652275 by Grand Kahu on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 11:59 AM