Kitsch

 

On Kitsch
by Odd Nerdrum
Book Description Kitsch has long been viewed as fine art's poor relation, aping its form while failing utterly to achieve its depth of meaning. In "On Kitsch" Odd Nerdrum and others discuss the meaning and value of kitsch in today's world, and its relationship to art. For the first time in this volume, English-speaking fans have the chance to read the writings of Odd Nerdrum, Norway's most famous contemporary artist, or kitch painter, as he would refer to himself. This printing of a variety of writings by Nerdrum and others includes speeches, essays, and humorous pieces such as "The Kitch Questionnaire," and "Kitch Aphorisms." This book is an opportunity to discover the thought process of one of the world's most unique and compelling artists.
Paperback: 104 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.35 x 7.90 x 5.45 
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers; (August 15, 2001) 
 ISBN: 8248901238 

The Artificial Kingdom: On the Kitsch Experience
by Celeste Olalquiaga
Book Description From her pet glass-globed hermit crab Rodney to the Victorian era's Crystal Palace, Celeste Olalquiaga offers a meditative look at the origins of kitsch and what kitsch tells us about the conflicts between the real and the artificial, tradition and modernity, nostalgia and melancholy. Olalquiaga artfully traces this form to the mid-1800s and establishes kitsch as a sensibility of loss-a yearning for objects to help recapture the past-and explains how these artifacts respond to a deep-seated human need for meaning and connection with nature. The Artificial Kingdom beautifully elucidates this aspect of culture as an attempt to recover what industrialization has destroyed.
Paperback: 336 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 7.50 x 5.32 
Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd); (December 2002) 
ISBN: 081664117X 

Kitsch in Sync: A Consumer's Guide to Bad Taste
by Peter Ward
from Plexus Publishing

Kitsch and Art
by Tomas Kulka
from Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Txt)

Kitchen Kitsch: Vintage Food Graphics
by Jim Heimann, Joe Heimann
from TASCHEN America Llc

Five Faces of Modernity
by Matei Calinescu
from Duke Univ Pr (Txt)

Judaikitsch: Tchotchkes, Schmattes, and Nosherei
by Jennifer Traig, Victoria Traig, Dwight Eschliman
A humorous look at Jewish culture. Db.
from Chronicle Books

20th Century Icons-Kitsch
by Wayne Hemingway
Book Description: 20th Century Icons is a stylish, quirky and instantly collectable series of little books created to celebrate the last hundred years. Famous names in the arenas of fashion, film, rock and pop, design, kitsch and camp have all chosen their own personal icons, recorded with interesting and amusing and sometimes controversial results. Wayne Hemingway, founder of funky fashion label Red or Dead and self-confessed kitsch addict and collector selects his personal kitsch favourites. From poodles to pink flamingos and Blackpool Tower to the Vatican this is a collection like no other, for the delight of kitsch fanatics everywhere. 
from Absolute Classics

Learning to See
by Alan Gowans
from Popular Press
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Bad Taste-Kitsch 2004 Calendar
from te Neues Publishing Company
Out of Print

Kitsch Deluxe
by Lesley Gillilan, Dave Young
from Mitchell Beazley

Florida Kitsch
by Eric & Myra Yellin Outwater
Book Description
Florida is the land of pink flamingos, bathing beauties, palm trees, coconuts, and beaches. It is a tourist mecca and a treasure trove of souvenirs. This book is a salute to the popular Florida tourist culture of the 1940s through the 1970s, when mostly northern tourists embraced the Florida sun and beaches with open arms, discovering along with Florida's natural beauty, a lot of kooky kitsch. Kitsch is colorful, funky, fun, and collectible. This book, with its 250 photos, remembers the nostalgic, whimsical objects often bought on impulse, brought home as gifts or mementos, and then relegated to shelves, attics, and bathrooms to sit for years, undusted, as visible reminders of happy trips. Whether a native of Florida, a seasonal visitor, or one in need of a getaway, this book is sure to evoke a bit of Florida sunshine for all. 
from Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
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The Culture of Cursileria: Bad Taste, Kitsch, and Class in Modern Spain
by Noel Valis
from Duke Univ Pr (Txt)

Indian Kitsch: The Use and Misuse of Indian Images
by Fritz, Scholder
from Northland Pub
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Kitsch the World of Bad Taste
by G. Dorfles
from Random House Value Pub
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Shell Shock: Conchological Curiosities
by Patrick Mauries
from Thames & Hudson
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Fantastic plastic : the kitsch collector's guide
by Pete Ward
from Apple
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Star-Spangled Kitsch: An Astounding and Tastelessly Illustrated Exploration of the Bawdy, Gaudy, Shoddy Mass-Art Culture in This Grand Land of Ours
by Curtis F. Brown
from Universe Books
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Some Call It Kitsch: Masterpieces of Bourgeois Realism.
by Aleksa. CelebonoviC
from Harry N Abrams
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Barry Humphries' Treasury of Australian Kitsch
by Barry Humphries
Humphries is Australia's Minister for the Yartz and a close friend of Dame Edna.
from Pan Macmillan
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Fantastic Plastic the Kitsch Collectors
by Pete Ward
from Chartwell Books Inc
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Kitsch World of Bad Taste
by Gillo Dorfles
from St Martins Press
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