In the movie, the painting is supposed to be worth $100 million. No painting is worth $100 million. But for the movie, $100 million is a number that any person can understand as expensive. If you say $50 million nowadays, it`s not enough.
I did the one with the big butt. They said they want something that looks like a Renoir with the face of a 19th-century painting, so we had to do a grotesque painting. It was done in four days.
Gallery owners know me, but they never say, `Hello,` because they don`t want other people to know they know me, ... I have a little flag on my head saying, `I`m the guy doing the fake things.`
Collectors say, `I hate reproductions. It`s awful. Why would anybody do that?,` ... That`s what they say officially. But behind the scenes they use our copies. On the walls they have our copies. All their paintings are in vaults.
In the movie, the painting is supposed to be worth $100 million. No painting is worth $100 million. But for the movie, $100 million is a number that any person can understand as expensive. If you say $50 million nowadays, it`s not enough.
