Haox CTS
In this CTS Lesson, we were taught about a couple Hoax's that had occurred in recent times, then tasked to create our own Haox in the form of a tabloid or a simple photoshopped image. What had sparked my interest however was how some Haox's presented were spread around, and the publics' reaction. We first learnt about a haox that had taken place within the art world, specifically in Holland within the 1940's. Han Van Meegeren was a professional painter who, in my opinion created wonderful art pieces all of which were his own. He found success for quite sometime before his paintings popularity started to diminish. The reason for this was that critics felt that his artwork focused too much on the past, as this was time where forward thinking artists were starting to become popular. As Meeregen was trying to formulate new ideas, he thought of doing the unthinkable and forged paintings then re-selling them under deceased artists names and had made large amounts of prof