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kitsch
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kitsch [Ger.,=trash], term most frequently applied since the early 20th cent. to works considered pretentious and tasteless. Exploitative commercial objects such as Mona Lisa scarves and abominable plaster reproductions of sculptural masterpieces are described as kitsch, as are works that claim artistic value but are weak, cheap, or sentimental. A museum of kitsch was opened in Stuttgart.
kitsch
Art or architecture that is sentimental or banal in tone; considered to have little or no aesthetic value.
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This fresh view renders more palatable much of the kitschiness of Dali's work from the 1940s onward and reinforces the values of that sector of fans who, while loving the artist, otherwise detest modern art.
"Dali: Painting and Film": Museum of Modern Art by Pincus-Witten, Robert / Artforum International
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