Message #45634

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Pat,

I agreed with you about the artist's signature. My guess is that he/she could belong to some syndicate that controls their livelihood, hence no personal signature ! It is liken to the period of cultural revolution when artists' names did appear on their works of art. They all subsumed under the approved factory or studio. Later, their works were presented as, say, One Bottle Studio or
一壶斋. Many of their works were excellent.

In the current period, it is the desire to ride on famous artists like Wang XS or Liu SB etc ( which is difficult because of traceability or copy right ). But it is safer to borrow old names like MSX , BRJ, SXW etc. !

Inn Bok