The Art of Forgery: An Exhibition by Peter Jamieson Sinclair

“The Art of Forgery is about showing how the art world and its pundits are a bit of a fraud themselves. Critics appear to make or break an artist, but the reality is most of these people are just talking heads. If somebody likes a piece of work then they don’t need a critic telling them how good or bad that piece is. Andy Warhol once said that whilst all the critics are trying to decide whether or not a piece of art is good or bad, the artist is best just making more of it. What the critics and ‘experts’ think is ultimately irrelevant other than to those paying huge sums for it and massaging their egos. A lot of the art world is just rich people trying to impress other rich people, or so Douglas Adams once said. This exhibition is ultimately about showing how a convincing copy of a work worth millions can be created for a minimal cost with very basic, in some cases reclaimed, materials.” – Peter Jamieson Sinclair, 2022