Vocalist turned-painter Jo Young-nam associated with written falsification

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) - Jo Young-nam, a fabulous South Korean artist from the 1970s who is likewise known not a productive painter, may have assumed acknowledgment for several sketches that were really made by his associate, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Jo, who has painted professionally since 1990, seems to have utilized the aide to deliver more than 300 works that were sold under his name subsequent to 2009, the Sokcho branch of Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office said.

An examination was dispatched after the associate, recognized just as a 61-year-old surnamed Song, recorded a protestation in April with the prosecutors in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, where he lives.

Prosecutors said they struck Jo's office and exhibitions on Monday to gather proof substantiating the claims of misrepresentation. "On the off chance that the collaborator claims the copyright on these works, then what Jo did is misrepresentation since he displayed them as though they were his own," a prosecutor in Sokcho said. Jo has fanned the fire by minimizing the suspicions as "average of the craftsmanship business." But he later elucidated, saying that what he implied was that utilizing partners, not counterfeiting, is standard in the business. He additionally denied prosecutors' charges in a question and answer session. "The numbers are ludicrous," he told journalists at his mom's home in focal Seoul, alluding to the case that he copied more than 300 works more than eight years. "I just work with partners on bits of work that I plan to show, which I do at regular intervals. I figure I tend to adhere to a specific example in a hefty portion of my works. I typically chip away at my own particular and just utilize collaborators when I'm occupied." The vocalist said he presently works with three to four partners. He likewise clarified the creation procedure of his craftsmanship. "I take photos of the first work and send them to Song," he said. "Now and again, I request that he think of unpleasant draws or instruct him to do some shading. Some pieces can be shaded and others not. It truly relies on upon the work." Makers of a radio demonstrate that Jo has said they will do the show without the vocalist for the present, taking load of the "circumstance." "We chose to contract an interim DJ in his place until the circumstance gets determined," a maker at MBC Radio said, including there have not been examinations about his conceivable takeoff yet.