To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn something as Kitsch is to condemn it on moral grounds.
How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch - Karsten Harries
How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch
- Karsten Harries
The Kitsch consumer wants to be enchanted. - Karsten Harries
The Kitsch consumer wants to be enchanted.
Not all kitsch is sweet. - Karsten Harries
Not all kitsch is sweet.
To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn so… - Karsten Harries
To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn so…
The need for Kitsch arises when genuine emotion has become rare. - Karsten Harries
The need for Kitsch arises when genuine emotion has become rare.
We meet thus in kitsch with a reappropriation of the results of past struggles. - Karsten Harries
We meet thus in kitsch with a reappropriation of the results of past struggles.
The work of an artist who attempts lovingly to embrace reality, will ring false, will degenerate into kitsch. - Karsten Harries
The work of an artist who attempts lovingly to embrace reality, will ring false, will degenerate into kitsch.
Within the category of Kitsch we can thus distinguish between more and less successful paintings. Kitsch, too has its masterpieces. - Karsten Harries
Within the category of Kitsch we can thus distinguish between more and less successful paintings. Kitsch, too has its masterpieces.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion