Research Kitsch
The definition of Kitsch art is described as; objects or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.
The word originates from Germany, dating back to the 1860’s it’s used to describe materials which are cheap, easy to manufacture and market. Some examples of Kitsch can be veiwed below;
Vladimir Tretchikoff
Tretchikoff was a realism portrait painter, specialisng in still life and animals, he took inspiration from Asia and South Africa. His work has been noted as the epitome of kitsch, his work is notorious worldwide and extremely popular with the general public. The ‘Green Lady’ is one of the most popular of his works.
Jeff Koones
He is an American artist most famous for sculptures focusing on popular objects, such as balloon animals, which are large scale made with stainless steel, creating large mirror finish peices.
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
He was an American Artist, most notably remembered for his anthropomorphic dog portraits depicting them playing poker from the early 1900’s.
George Quaintance
These portraits date back to the 1940’s, capturing a highly masculine body image, that later branched into portraits of a fantasty world. His subjects were masculine, erotic and sensual.
Yayoi Kusama
She is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts
Andy Warhol
Giovanni Bragolin
He was the artsit behind the infamous Crying Boy paintings, that are remembered for being untouched in houses that burnt down in the 1970’s. These were mass produces and a popular painting of their era.
References
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/so-what-is-it-about-jeff-koons-that-has-so-captured-art-world-s-imagination-as-balloon-dog-sells-for-record-58m-8943284.html (Accessed 11 April 2022)
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: https://kitkemp.com/jeff-koons-to-antony-gormley/ (Accessed 12 April 2022)
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/81095 (Accessed 18 April 2022)
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/surrealism/Cassius-Marcellus-Coolidge.html (Accessed 19 April 2022)
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/06/06/the-groundbreaking-kitsch-cowboy-art-of-george-quaintance/ (Accessed 17 April 2022)
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Tretchikoff (Accessed 29 April 2022)
Home. n.d. [Online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy (Accessed 18 April 2022)