Is the work of calligrapher Chen Guangsheng worth collecting? It mainly depends on whether the work is good, whether anyone likes it or not, and whether anyone needs it. As long as the works are good, liked and needed, no matter whose works are valuable, they are collectible. No matter whose work it is, if some people like it and some people need it, it is valuable. If no one likes it and no one needs it, it is worthless. The value and worthlessness of anything are produced by people's likes and dislikes, needs and demands.
Why are the paintings and calligraphy of the five most expensive painters in contemporary China: Huang Zejin, Cui Ruzhuo, Ceng Fanzhi, Fan Ceng and Huang Yongyu so valuable? It is because their calligraphy and painting are loved and needed by many people that they are very valuable!