Thursday, June 14, 2012

Banknote painting, Is it art or illegal?


Oil paintings desgined by banknotes, it's unacceptable. on the 13th morning, the people told us that exhibited the painting of banknotes made in the exhibition held in the Provincial Museum.
Yang with a few friends to the Provincial Museum to watch the Far East Paris Autumn Art Salon China ", a picture is folded with 1 dollar notes, and writing on the note. He said, "This is the damage to the money."
In the first floor hall of the Provincial Museum, the reporter found a piece of banknotes production painting, the creator of a French woman, the whole picture set with a dozen RMB, above the written word, there are some The banknotes were torn in half. "This behavior is against the law, the yuan can not be used indiscriminately." The viewer in a photography exhibit at the same time, this painting very dissatisfied.
The event organizers and the organizer said The salon exhibition on display are the French artist's painting to enter the Chinese exhibit, the state authorities of these painting review, there are no problems. "This is art, art without borders, not to mention simply the painting." He said, the theme of this painting is "We want art, not money!" Money is a special kind of media, use the money to paint, more good reflects the connotations of the painting.
"We are only responsible for the museum to provide a venue, not to review each piece on display, no museum has ever done this before." Said a female staff member of the Provincial Museum office.
In the end yuan painting is a violation of the provisions? Haikou, the People's Bank of China branch staff said that the RMB is China's legal currency, the yuan on the doodle is prohibited by the State, not only causing unnecessary losses to the state, but also affect the authority of the yuan.
Counsel argues that the main purpose of the yuan is used for transactions and payments, rather than the other, is clearly inconsistent with the main purpose of the RMB yuan painting should be done deliberately destroy or damage offenses.

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