A single village in China is responsible for cranking out 60% of the world's paintings.

Self-portraiture and emerging artistic consciousness in Dafen

A single village in China is responsible for cranking out 60% of the world's paintings. The overwhelming majority of the paintings are slavish reproductions of famous paintings. The artists doing the work are very talented, however, and an organization called Regional asked some of the artists to paint themselves. The results are incredible.