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Tag Archives: kitsch
The Coronaball Run, Day 5: Oklahoma City to Amarillo to Santa Fe
Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the fifth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, here for the third post, and here for the fourth post. From the … Continue reading
Fuck Clement Greenberg
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In discussions of literature and architecture, I still come across would-be intellectuals who invoke art critic Clement Greenberg’s distinction between the avant-garde and kitsch. Of course, for such people avant-garde is doubleplusgood, while kitsch is one small step … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Movies
Tagged ads, art critics, avant-garde, Clement Greenberg, Comics, Hollywood, kitsch, pulp fiction, tap dancing, Tin Pan Alley
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Art Du Jour: The Velveteria
Blowhard, Esq. writes: When Sir Barken was recently in L.A. on a cultural tour for his daughter, we met up for a day so I could show them around downtown. Sure, LACMA and the Getty are fine, but the city has … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged America fuck yeah, black velvet paintings, Caren Anderson, Carl Baldwin, folk art, kitsch, Los Angeles, lowbrow, Velveteria
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Linkage
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A kid saves a classmate from a potential stabbing, but Canadian schools don’t want any heroes. Doctors and hospitals are stuck in the 1800s. Michael Kinsley Political Gaffe of the Day. Marxist literary critic Terry Eagleton thinks … Continue reading
Architecture Conundrums: Solvang
Paleo Retiree writes: Back in the day, one of the main things that any self-respecting arts education drilled into wannabe artsfans was an aversion to kitsch. And not just an aversion to it, but a vehement, cell-level hatred. It’s fake. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Architecture, The Good Life, Travel
Tagged alpacas, architecture, California, charcuterie, Denmark, food, kitsch, Petersen Village Inn, Root 246, Santa Ynez Valley, Solvang, Succulent Cafe, wine
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