Apr 3, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: China's Assembly-Line Artists Put the Mass in Masterpieces

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One of Dafen Village's hundreds of art galleries.
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A local rendition of the Mona Lisa, among other works available in Dafen.

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A bronze hand holding a paintbrush at the entrance of Dafen Village.
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Inside a local art gallery.

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A pop-art portrait of Chairman Mao.
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An artist's work station in an art gallery.

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A reproduction artist working from a photograph in a Dafen gallery
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Stacks of paintings on sale attract a keen art critic.

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A Dafen artist at work in an alleyway gallery.
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New apprentices learning the ropes outside a gallery.

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A local's rendition of Da Vinci's *The Last Supper* on sale for fifty yuan.

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