kitsch
Sign in to savealt=|thumb|A Friend in Need, a 1903 Dogs Playing Poker painting by [[Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, is a common example of kitsch.]] thumb|Puppy by Jeff Koons (2010) is a self-aware display of kitsch, specifically as a combination of opulence and cuteness.
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Kitsch refers to art and objects that are mass-produced, emotionally appealing, and often considered to lack serious artistic merit—like the famous Dogs Playing Poker paintings or Jeff Koons's giant flower-covered puppy sculpture. It matters because it raises questions about taste, authenticity, and the value of art, and some artists deliberately use kitsch elements to comment on consumer culture and sentimentality.
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10 sectionsContents
- History and analysis
- Kitsch in art theory and aesthetics
- Kitsch in Milan Kundera's ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''
- Melancholic kitsch vs. nostalgic kitsch
- Further usage
- Historical fiction
- Reclamation
- See also
- References
- External links
alt=|thumb|A Friend in Need, a 1903 Dogs Playing Poker painting by [[Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, is a common example of kitsch.]] thumb|Puppy by Jeff Koons (2010) is a self-aware display of kitsch, specifically as a combination of opulence and cuteness.
Kitsch ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as naïve imitation, overly eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal taste.