(Original versus Copy)

When an image is transposed upon on a space a fundamental ontological shift occurs. Is the space the image or is the image the space. When Mondrian's 'composition with blue, red, yellow and black' and Monet's 'waterlilies' were sold for millions of dollars. What is the value of the image as it is reflected into an alien space, a space where it does not belong. Is it the same image as the image when it adorns large international galleries? Are these images when transposed into the desert original images or copies and where is the line between these two concepts drawn?

http://original-vs-copy.interartive.org/2015/07/banu-colak/