Police officials arrested a man and a woman in the Miranda state for falsifying and marketing works by Carlos Cruz-Diezone of the greatest exponents of kinetic and optical art, the director of the Corps of Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations (Cicpc), Douglas Rico reported on Sunday.
Through an Instagram publication, Rico explained that after an investigation it was determined that the man dedicated himself to “studying the life and work of the teacher, detailing each of his works” and then imitated them and “commercialized them as authentic.”
He also indicated that the woman informed the victims that these works were from a paternal heritage and that “they had a cost of $ 90,000.”
The official indicated that, after receiving the money, the detainee subject spent it on “Games of chance, losing the scammed amount.”
«After the arrest of the couple, in the parish and Baruta municipality, Miranda State, two art replicas entitled Physicromia, 28 bottles of paintings, paper tingros, brushes, cardboard cuts, nails, two documents owned by transfer of works of art, oil paint cases, and a statement issued by the Carlos Cruz-Diez foundation, indicating that said said that said. works were false, ”he added.
Rico also reported that both subjects were at the order of the Public Ministry.
