One migrant worker’s journey from reproducing Van Goghs in an “art factory” to painting on the streets of Amsterdam
Dafen is a small village outside of Shenzhen. The name Shenzhen recalls economic reform, the factory of the world. But you might not realize that there is another kind of factory here—filled not with the rumble of machinery, but rather the soft strokes of paint brushes; smelling not of plastic and glue, but oil paints.