When we refer to imitations of any kind and condition, it is not banal to speak of art, whether it is artwork, money, machinery or t-shirts, as long as they are of good quality, the important thing is that the fake goes through the original.
We have memorable examples of pseudo-real artists in Etruscan art, such as the Riccardi family, who recently started their forges by selling a bronze chariot and Ancient Etruscan warrior to the New York Museum. It took more than forty years for museum technicians to confirm the statue was a fake, a painstaking construction and demolition job for the figure to take on an ancient color and become a unique piece from 800 BC.
Another case study is found in philately, a world full of possibilities; Here are several letters with counterfeit stamps and the first forgery in Orihuela in 1850, where criminals, a printing press, an engraver and a postman are found. . Only one of the counterfeit stamps remained in the case file, the others were destroyed, and this 5-cent stamp is invaluable for the value it represents to collectors today.
The world of the fake works in parallel with the world of the original and enters all areas of social life, from the falsification of documents to the plagiarism of literary works, to the falsification of documents in order to benefit from public institutions. By granting us citizenship we are free in a foreign country.
We can wander anywhere in the world and effortlessly find thousands of products that represent others by their form, content or logo, perfectly simulating one of those brands that are exclusive because of their price and purchase, with or without humility. These bargain items are for displaying, reselling or giving as gifts as if they were original.
Perfumes, watches, shirts, bags, shoes, sportswear, bicycles and anything else we can think of are imitated. Chinese industry makes real copies of advanced machines under new patents and offers them to Western markets at incredible prices. We live in a society of copying and counterfeiting, and one day we will ask ourselves whether our body parts are originals or copies, are we holograms or clones of ourselves?