Forgery

The Guardian reviewed Jonathon Keats's latest book, Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age.  Three interesting bits to think about.

(1) There is a difference between forgeries and  fakes.
Forgeries, the review says, are reproductions of existing works - i.e., you paint a new Mona Lisa and sell it as the original. Fakes are "newly discovered" productions by existing artists - i.e., did you hear the discovered a new Da Vinci?

(2) When talent is exceptional but short of genius and coupled with awareness of that shortfall, the result is often dark.


(3) Keats's entire premise is based on a shoddy syllogism.
                  a: Fakes unsettle us
                  b: Great Modern Art intends to unsettle us
             so, c: Fakes are Great Modern Art

Thoughts?