kitsch

Kitsch is other people’s enjoyment. In an ecological age, where there is no one true and proper scale, beauty will be appreciated along with its halo of weirdness or disgust.

is the equivalent to the 'cliche' in discourse.

is the child's retort to Art that bids it grow up.

Kitsch is the child's retort to Art that bids it grow up.

is a screen with which to hide our eyes from death.

is the triumph of popular sentimentality over individual sentiment.

What is Kitsch but the triumph of popular sentimentality over individual sentiment'

is rubbish enjoyed by intellectuals, while rubbish enjoyed by lesser mortals remains rubbish.

Kitsch Rubbish enjoyed by intellectuals. Rubbish enjoyed by lesser mortals remains rubbish.

artificiality

gift shop

cult film

Eurovision Song Contest

gnome

mass culture

petite bourgeoisie

comfort

cringe

irony

modernism

art by itself

fine art

good taste

poetaster

Thomas Kinkade

nostalgia

tchotchke

velvet Elvis

ornament

plastic

replica

snow globe

souvenir

velvet painting

Jeff Koons

lawn ornament

popular art

stock response

bad taste

camp

AI slop

Don Featherstone

Halloween decorations

knicknack

Lafufu

quaintness

tastelessness

tasteslop

trashiness

living room

sentiment

pink flamingo

cutismo

elegance

geopolitical aesthetic

highbrow

kawaii

lowbrow

macabre

shibui

Elvis Presley

garden gnome

lava lamp

flamingo

sentimentality

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