It’s a word I long struggled to spell.
‘Kitsch’
Always putting the ‘c’ before the ‘s’ , never right way round. But now, I am reformed. It will never be a problem again.
My lack of spelling prowess is one of my most endearing qualities, I’m sure you’ll agree.
There is debate as to the word’s origin. Possibly German, in the late 18th century to signify a worthless trinket. Eye candy if you will. Of no real substance.
If you often wonder why certain people call grotesque things art and get paid millions of dollars for the result, you need to first be familiar with this word.
Everything and anything goes in the Art World these days as long as it pushes the boundaries and avoids falling into the category of ‘Kitsch’. That is the greatest insult to these forward thinking avant-garde.
(Unless there are deliberately trying to be kitsch which implies their work is actually not. (metakitsch)
In their eyes my work, my art would be undeniably kitsch. Of no real lasting value, adding nothing new to the ongoing evolving art conversation.
But as Don Draper might say ‘If you don’t like the conversation – change it’
We all have that power.
I take real children’s toys and I paint them, because they hold something magic, and art is a way of capturing magic. Holding unto it and sharing it. If that’s kitsch, all I can say is ‘Guilty as charged’.
The evidence awaits your perusal…
I wait in the dock. Kitcsh.
Hi, I'm Jimmy.
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