Gu Wenda

GW: It should be mass produced. From Hollywood, rock & roll, popular music, we can see that the more popular they are, the more they are mass produced. Just look at McDonald’s, how many chain stores does it have? This is the trend, and I think it is reasonable but I doubt if it is correct. I don’t know how to judge because there is a reason for any object to exist.

Gong Yan

GY: Art is not, but artworks can be.

Jin Feng

JF: That’s what we call art industry, which is different from what an artist does.

Lu Chunsheng

LC: Well, some artists would like or try to mass produce their works just like products, but not all of the artists. Many art works cannot be mass produced.

Li Lei

LL: How can art be mass produced? How can art be turned into products produced on the production line? That is called industrialization or arts and crafts. Art is something unique in your heart which you then take out and share with others. You are making friends with your art. It is the most intimate thing in your heart. It is love. That is called art. If you say, “Little kid, I love you! Little girl, I love you!” How can that be called art? That is bullshit. How can that be called art?

Li Shan

LS: Because we can not predict the future. Maybe in the future, artworks are no longer independent, personal, handmade, or half handmade works owned by artists. The artists just need to provide a concept or a manufacturing plan, and the rest of work will be done by some specialized organizations. Although it can not be done today, it is possible in the future.

Luo Yongjin

LY: It is not art if it is mass produced.

Qiu Deshu

QD: The artist’s thinking is continuously developing. Change is like man’s biological mechanism, which develops according to the way society develops. The artist’s pursuits and interests are also changing all the time, so it impossible to mass produce them. Not possible.

Xu Longbao

XL: Art is not something that everyone can appreciate. They are incomprehensible to lots of people. Some things are mysterious.

Yang Fudong

YF: If they are mass produced, such as in catalogues which are then circulated worldwide, then it is an important exchange means. But I think mass production is good, including online communications.

Yang Hui

YH: It cannot be mass produced, but I hope it can bring mass influence, good influence.

Yu Xiaofu

YX: Art should not be mass produced. Right now, because of the educational reform in China, lots of people study art. Actually it is creating disaster for the art field. In a poor developing country like China, it is abnormal to have so many artists.

Yu Youhan

YY: It doesn’t matter, I think. Being a mass produced product does not necessarily mean it is not art. I consider good printed works art, too. However, today’s printings are not good enough.

Zhang Ding

ZD: It should not be mass produced. I think it should be from a small-scale workshop, actually a hand-crafting workshop.

Zhang Da

ZD: For example, some designers want their works to be produced only in small quantities and let them sit there. But that is not what I want to do. I cannot mass produce now because of some objective conditions.

Zhang Haitian

ZH: I think it should not be mass produced.

Zhang Peicheng

ZP: It is definitely not mass produced. There is no doubt about it. If it is mass produced then it is a craft, something that people hang inside their homes.

Zhou Tiehai

ZT: It depends on each artist’s own choice. If he thinks it necessary, it can be mass produced. If he doesn’t think so, then it is also his own choice.