'Art and Craft': How a Master Art Forger Was Found Out

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ABC News

8 жыл бұрын

Mark Landis, one of the most prolific art forgers in U.S. history, explains why he gave away copies and used disguises.

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@HenkJanBakker 6 жыл бұрын

His art isn't the forgery. His art is getting into a museum. Performance art with exceptional props.

@ZnenTitan 5 жыл бұрын

Well put. A double form of performance art.

@kaleb7299 5 жыл бұрын

Without the mind there is no picture to imagine..

@unbroken1010 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah this performance at at its finest.. there was another guy that used to actually sneak his paintings into museums and hang them up I forget his name but I love that guy too you would document how long they would stay up before somebody notice sometimes it would be months

@stuzaza 5 жыл бұрын

well said

@PrettyinGreenn 4 жыл бұрын

ehhhhhhhhhhh

@StanleyKowalski. 5 жыл бұрын

he feels lonely, abandoned. he finds comfort when he receives love and respect form museums and experts. thats his reward. he is a true artist in need of love and recognition. thats all

@SpinningSage 5 жыл бұрын

stanley kowalski send some love to him brother?

@lunak9053 5 жыл бұрын

This man is a true artist! Hope he gained some friends in the process, he seems like a sweet person.

@QuantumEffectResidue 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he does. But did you notice how he resembles Van Gough? Not exactly but he could pass for a very close relative! I am a lot like this Man. I'm an artist that enjoyed success in the past and then a series of terrible events in my life caused me to stop for a period. I am planning on returning to doing shows and exhibits soon.

@rubo1964 3 жыл бұрын

He is not an artist but a copier.There is a difference.Best good craftsman

@rubo1964 3 жыл бұрын

@@lunak9053 I am an artist I know when I am creating and I am copying.Two are different.Copying can be learned its a skill like grid drawing or painting but creating original art is what ARTIST is.

@Gabriel-dm1du 6 жыл бұрын

I love how the museum registrar thinks he's a badass 😂😂😂

@Jennylittleprincess 4 жыл бұрын

holy shit, that hits deep

@PrettyinGreenn 4 жыл бұрын

Right? LMFAO cute

@EGarrett01 3 жыл бұрын

I love how he's totally out of place in the tone of this clip too, lol.

@Gabriel-dm1du 3 жыл бұрын

@@EGarrett01 yeah 😂

@Gabriel-dm1du 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jennylittleprincess 😁😁😁

@Jab_Reel 5 жыл бұрын

He’s actually a genius. This gives his fakes value. He is a true artist.

@paulocuento9949 5 жыл бұрын

his "story" itself is the art.. in my opinion that could sell well if some "expert" says its genius

@PrettyinGreenn 4 жыл бұрын

I mean..... ehhh maybe.

@Capeau 3 жыл бұрын

it just shows real artists have no chance in the current crooked art world

@tomasroque3338 3 жыл бұрын

"The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing. "

@and__lam1152 2 жыл бұрын

This is a sad reflection of our highly traumatised western society that preys upon people and conditions all of us to "fit in" ..... what a beautiful soul just like the rest of us, I have faith in humanity and the rising human consciousness. Bless us all. ❤

@Impressio_Nisti 6 жыл бұрын

What a lovely man.

@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007 5 жыл бұрын

What an authentic man.. Contradictory isn't it? "The Authentic Forger"... Sweet guy..

@JimmyCee123 5 жыл бұрын

I worked at the MET after college. I put an abstract painting I did on the thermostat in the modern wing. It stayed up for 3 days and people would walk up and look at it. I can say my art was shown at the museum

@classicartfoundation639 4 жыл бұрын

😂 nice one!

@keldonmcfarland2969 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!

@Kookoo347 7 күн бұрын

Ah! Love it!

@michaelaldan4354 4 жыл бұрын

the registrar :" oh yea...i got him" then sharpens his pencil extra pointy

@ericdovigi7927 5 жыл бұрын

Words never before uttered: "He messed with the wrong registrar."

@Gabriel-dm1du 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Kookoo347 7 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@Unborn-Stillborn 2 жыл бұрын

A genuine original guy ... unique in the art world ...

@openeyes3195 5 жыл бұрын

I like him. Humble little guy with a mountain of talent.

@O-cDxA 2 жыл бұрын

@open eye's : Calling a grown man a 'little guy' is offensive. Just as calling a man 'skinny' is just as hurtful as calling a woman 'fat'. - Thanks ( This guy no doubt reads every single comment here. )

@deedee_audie7461 4 жыл бұрын

Omg protect this man at all costs 😭 he seems so nice and he’s actually an amazing artist!

@thecaptain5300 5 жыл бұрын

He’s an amazing kind person. I hope he makes lots of money from all the attention he’s now getting.

@OmegaF77 3 жыл бұрын

Calling him a forger would be like calling your printer a conman.

@joncrisp85 5 жыл бұрын

When they make a movie about him John Malkovich would play him.

@yongyea4147 4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Crisp no The top KZfaqr: The Report Of The Week would play him

@manjsher3094 4 жыл бұрын

He dead

@Kookoo347 7 күн бұрын

He’d be perfect for the role!

@cj222100 6 жыл бұрын

I would actually love to hang out with this guy.

@SpinningSage 5 жыл бұрын

cj222100 cool. You shpuld say hi to him. I bet he would appreciate it so much.

@Kookoo347 7 күн бұрын

Yes! Me too!

@Kookoo347 7 күн бұрын

@@SpinningSagehow would we be able to message him?

@ksuhuh 5 жыл бұрын

What an awesome guy!! To me, what he did is true art.

@MRC19468 5 жыл бұрын

I consider him a true artist for being able to replicate every last detail to the point that not even the experts cant tell it's a fake. Bravo that is true talent. Lol now I want one of his art works for my house

@wmgthilgen 8 жыл бұрын

Everyone has a hobby, his stunts were nothing more. He took the idiom "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" and ran with it.

@markdietrich6020 5 жыл бұрын

He's actually pretty cool. Humble is good!

@Benstephan123 4 жыл бұрын

If he can paint like the great masters he IS a master misdirected. What a lovely man with amazing talent.

@wryckingbaul8612 5 жыл бұрын

"Well, now I wouldn't say that."

@Kookoo347 7 күн бұрын

What a fascinating man. Love him. He’s like a wonderful character straight out of a really good book.

@jaygio 4 жыл бұрын

Guy looks nearly identical to former US President Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower, with the only differences being the one here being more gaunt, and his ears sticking out more lol

@l00085504 5 жыл бұрын

love this guy..pure gem ❤️🙏

@maddaxy 8 жыл бұрын

He's a true artist........@#$% what everybody thinks......amazing talent good for him!

@susiehudson6458 5 жыл бұрын

He could have his own KZfaq channel.

@f7e8t9i3 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks that he is truly a unique character. They should make a movie out of this and like some else had said that he bares a resemblance to John Malkovitch .....he should play him.

@RADIUMGLASS 4 жыл бұрын

That museum registrar looks as if he came out of the backwoods. Mr. Kool.

@ingridllinas5612 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating indeed! Loneliness, “forgery”, a master in personification, painting skills, schizophrenia, all the ingredients, to be a fascinating life story! He finally got the attention.

@broderickbrown5336 5 жыл бұрын

Truman Capote vibes anyone?

@markfurrer190 8 жыл бұрын

cool guy he is no fool hes forging the idea for obvious reasons ..i like him and i like his mind hosg works.

@davidwootton683 7 жыл бұрын

Really great,what a special person.

@GnomeChomsky9999 5 жыл бұрын

Emphasis on 'special'

@zxb995511 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is an artistic savant of sorts-a genius in his own right.

@redbutterfly88 6 жыл бұрын

Hes truly an artist, no question at all. Hes work is not digital copy but manually painting it with real oil or acrylics just like any artist do he stroke his canvas with a brush. But u cannot blame people who complaint because they are threatened and insecure. Arrogant.

@matthew22nz 5 жыл бұрын

Except he isn’t. Art isn’t about how technically good you are with paint, or how accurately you can create a portrait. There are millions of people out there who are good at panting but have never made it as an artist. Art is about the idea, creating something that wasn’t there before, something that moves people. He doesn’t do any of that, he just copies others, he’s good at painting, but he’s not an artist, there’s quite a difference.

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n 5 жыл бұрын

What a nice man.

@mnmdisney 5 жыл бұрын

Hes an amazing artist!!!

@kmm2442 Жыл бұрын

Some of those paintings are beautiful.

@lindapindabelinda3570 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to watch the movie on KZfaq? I don’t have a television. The gentleman is an incredible artist and I’m looking forward to seeing more of his work in the future.

@mattnovak8692 4 жыл бұрын

He's asking them to show where they're thinking of putting it before even completing the sale. Powerful tactic.

@mattnovak8692 4 жыл бұрын

I just saw where he doesn't even seek the art now. lol

@keldonmcfarland2969 2 жыл бұрын

But he didn't sell it, he donated it to the museum. It's not a crime to donate stuff to a museum.

@doreenmitchell7596 5 жыл бұрын

He hopefully will find a way to happiness with his lifes work. He is talented and his world is expanding. Good luck to him!!!

@tomasroque3338 3 жыл бұрын

"The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing. "

@RADIUMGLASS 4 жыл бұрын

He did a nice job with that self portrait of himself on the wall.

@99thehighstreet69 5 жыл бұрын

What an engaging Wizard of Oz.Hes amazing.Huge bucks for his work in thirty years.Hope he's safe and looked after.

@TheOne-ec9ku 5 жыл бұрын

He's an artist but not in the painting kind of way. I think he lives his life showing everybody that we really don't know people.

@ashleyjeffers8832 3 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of John Waters. His dry humor, behind his eyes is a man who needs a hug. I hope he finds friendships and happiness in his pursuit of creating art.

@gasparucciox9706 6 жыл бұрын

mark landis is a genius

@nelsonx5326 2 жыл бұрын

I made a locket out of silver and copper, a Christian icon of sorts, made it look old with chemicals, and an art dealer absolutely refused to believe I had made it. 'This is at least 200 years old' he insisted. What made the object convincing was the skilled craftsmanship that no longer seems to exist. I had spent 100 hours making something the size of a ping pong ball. People don't even spend that much time making something big as a living room. I kind of believe that if a piece can fool an expert it is as valuable as a great work itself.

@classicartfoundation639 4 жыл бұрын

He's a true artist, he's not interested in money like so many, greedy deluded artists who are just mediocre

@bobweber2127 5 жыл бұрын

Cool story!

@christaylor2529 5 жыл бұрын

He's incredible artist in my opinion.

@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858 2 ай бұрын

What a hero the curator

@eccentricdetectorists9754 6 жыл бұрын

Good for him!

@jin4368 5 жыл бұрын

Cutest thing i saw in a long time

@finbah5706 4 жыл бұрын

love this guy Landis.

@galegrazutis964 Ай бұрын

He is so incredibly talented

@maximusaugustus6823 3 жыл бұрын

I have seen 4 art forgers on TV and all of them were considered the most successful, so which one is it?

@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems 4 жыл бұрын

Good for him.

@RenzoColameoIrlanda 5 жыл бұрын

Genius.... 💙

@gv105468 3 жыл бұрын

He paints a masterpiece yet he is so casual about it lol

@bubbles581 Жыл бұрын

I live not far from where he did, and I run a museum and I think he is extremely interesting (and not a criminal- that's on the institutions receiving the works not to do due diligence)

@DanielPierce 4 жыл бұрын

If you look at the odds, there was no doubt at least one forgery in that New York art museum.

@samallardyce2522 4 жыл бұрын

he is an artist and a very good too

@TheFiown 5 жыл бұрын

Mark is my hero

@radhikapatil1986 3 жыл бұрын

Poor guy just wanted to get his art in the museum 🥺

@jordangroff8978 6 жыл бұрын

Not really an artist, more like a craftsman. Still talented though.

@StephenMortimer 6 жыл бұрын

can you explain to me the diff ??

@jordangroff8978 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Mortimer the best way I can describe it is this: basically a true artist is someone who creates something original, something from nothing. A craftsman is someone who copies the works of that artist (which is what this man is doing). Another visual art example is the tradition of Japanese printmaking, specifically something like Hokusai's "Great Wave". Hokusai's job as the designer/artist was to create a composition which was his own, the printmakers job is to replicate that design on wood, and then transfer it to paper. The craftsman puts in the time and skill, but the final piece will always be Hokusais' original image.

@olive7831 5 жыл бұрын

So he forged art, not for money, but so he had something fun to do. What a lovely man! Shame though that he has to put on a disguise to get any respect but it is the art industry.

@jacekpokrak9258 3 жыл бұрын

For centuries, art has fascinated people. The sensitivity of the audience resulted from being stimulated by cultural events, social changes, wars, etc. This is how new directions in art emerged. Today's world needs something else, and that's why Compmaturism. The works of the Compmaturists relate to today's human needs; they are emotional, devoid of routine and calculation. They are filled with art juice.

@SpinningSage 5 жыл бұрын

We need to open a museum for all his artful copies. That'd be so beautiful a legacy for him. Weird to be so deceptive...must have got a crazy rush from it. Just wow... Don't know how to feel. Kind of sick but awed

@beakittelscherz5419 5 жыл бұрын

thats a cool plot 4 a moviescript!

@peterrichards931 8 ай бұрын

Hahaha...even offering a blessing to the man while acting as a Priest. Gotta love Mark Landis more than any other artist around....

@jennifers6435 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet man..

@Gabriel-dm1du 6 жыл бұрын

I love him hahaha

@judithpritchard1115 3 жыл бұрын

He is a genius 👏

@rayallison681 4 жыл бұрын

What a fucking great smart man. He is the art.

@albinakemet2728 3 жыл бұрын

that guy looks like former world war II the second great war general and former president Dwight D. Eisenhower “Ike”

@lucygirl4926 5 жыл бұрын

I hate how the interviewer is trying to make fun of the guy....to laugh at him. Interviewers should remain neutral. Plus, wtf is up with that "he picked the wrong registrar" guy lol???

@dnlvrlls 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that Eisenhower was a great painter.

@VIncentSunflowers 3 жыл бұрын

He's an impostor! A fake! Lol!

@LavendrHoney 4 жыл бұрын

This man is a genius. A man of taste he not only steals from the elites who have money to spend idiotically. But the irony he creates in making high class fakes themselves become masterpieces of deception. That in itself is art at its highest form. If you can be so skilled to go under the radar that the FBI comes knocking on your door you have a talent. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Picasso once said "Good artist copy great artist steal" Tarantino said 'Great artist steal they don't do homages' good for him not to put his name on this oxymoron of skill.

@tfh5575 2 жыл бұрын

it’s not fraud if he didn’t get paid. don’t call it fraud

@rabwoody264 4 жыл бұрын

Feelings and vibes of R Crumbs brother, nice but strange and you wouldn't want him as your babysitter..

@kneehigh9861 5 жыл бұрын

His paintings will go up once he dies...

@franzgrabe1 6 жыл бұрын

what a pleasure!! go for it MARK!!! well done!!! a lot of fakes and fools run the so-called ART WORLD!!

@Lapsey 7 жыл бұрын

I'm only here because of Adam lol

@mosteller2889 5 жыл бұрын

I like Ike! He looks just like Dwight Eisenhower

@Sm0k3y707 5 жыл бұрын

I feel bad that this very talented artist takes his time to copy other people’s art instead of making his own

@asperbergers7136 4 жыл бұрын

They showed Wichita Art Museum in the beginning.. ahh fuck!.. my heart! xD

@MyChilepepper 5 жыл бұрын

If you can master art copy like the real master, mannn you have got it. If I could only scribbled a sunflower, never mind a Van Gogh.

@ficationsare6552 5 жыл бұрын

2:50 The nature of documentary sure sounds a lot like the nature of exploitation.

@rapier1954 5 жыл бұрын

Just exposes what kind of bullshit artists some with fancy degrees are posing as so-called experts at these museums. In one sense, this man has done us all a service, and I think he may have set out to expose these fools.

@randyrose4743 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it slander to call him a forger if he's only "making copies" as they put it?

@Mr.Monster1313 2 жыл бұрын

Good for him...

@Giannis27272 5 жыл бұрын

He sounds like Herbert from family guy

@ObscuredbyOranges 5 жыл бұрын

"yEah nah I dId HAvE thE IdEa to Be A JEsUiT PrIesT." Hahahahah

@druewade7191 5 жыл бұрын

6:32 I MILLY ROCK

@signalfire6 5 жыл бұрын

Someone is missing the boat - almost every museum has up to 50% forgeries, copies and fakes; please, someone open up a 'forgeries only' museum and show not only how good this stuff is, but how it's done. I for one would be fascinated and oh boy, the characters involved! Look up videos on art forgers, they're fascinating. Not just for the 'how' but the 'why' too. If your 'fake' can fool most of the people, you've got talent if not originality. Filling a museum full of Fakes would be a lot cheaper than 'real', less pretentious, and the ticket sales would pay for the whole thing.

@wordforger 5 жыл бұрын

Closest thing to that I've heard of is the Museum of Bad Art. Their one rule is they aren't allowed to pay more than $25 for a piece. Some of it has actually been rescued from the trash. That said, it's a museum for BAD art. A museum of FORGED art would necessarily be pretty good art and might, if you drum up enough interested collectors, become more popular and valuable over time.

@zekehooper 6 жыл бұрын

love this! Just shows hoy the "art world" is itself a scam.

@elizdonovan5650 5 жыл бұрын

So the Great & the good of established museums and galleries were fooled by his work. Ok. So why does his work not have extraordinary value? So, the only thing that makes valuable paintings 🖼 valuable is the signature of the artist 👩‍🎨 and not the painting itself. What a pretentious lot are the elitist experts! Well, I would love to have one of his paintings with his genuine signature. 🌲🌝☘️

@Blueberry_Koi 5 жыл бұрын

u gotta understand if you look at it from a space-time prespective, only the original contains information and only the original has increaced entropy by creating new forms. This is also believed why human kind always likes the original