What is Kitsch?
Kitsch is a term used to describe cheap, commercial, sentimental, or vulgar art and objects commonly associated with popular culture. The word is borrowed from German, where it originally means trash. Since the 1920s, kitsch has been used to denote the opposite of high art, often implying that the work lacks sophistication or artistic merit.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO KITSCH
Liliana Porter
Corrección, 2018
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 1,500
Jeff Koons
Untitled (flower), 1993
Drawing / Watercolor
Ink
GBP 35,000 - 45,000
Grayson Perry
Chris Whitty's Cat (Pendant), 2021
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
GBP 1,250
Laura Owens
Untitled, 2014
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
EUR 1,050
Jim Dine
Jumps Out at You, No?, 1993
Limited Edition Print
Etching
USD 14,000 - 16,000
Mr. Brainwash
Queen of Hearts,
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
GBP 11,000 - 13,000
Jeff Koons
Carracci Flower, 2021
Limited Edition Print
Pigment print
GBP 14,000 - 16,000
Grayson Perry
Magical Thinking, 2024
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
GBP 3,000
Jim Dine
Nine Views of Winter 2, 1985
Limited Edition Print
Woodcut
USD 4,800
Asger Jorn
Sans titre, 1967
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
EUR 2,550
Asger Jorn
Lithographie couleur, 1970
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
EUR 1,200
Jeff Koons
Cracked Egg (Red), 2008
Sculpture / Object
Metal
USD 3,200
Mr. Brainwash
Life Is Beautiful (Dipped White Splash), 2020
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
USD 3,000
Mr. Brainwash
Life Is Beautiful (Dipped Red Splash), 2020
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
USD 3,000
Mr. Brainwash
Life Is Beautiful (Dipped Black Splash), 2020
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
USD 3,000
Mr. Brainwash
Flowarh$ - II (E), 2021
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
USD 5,700
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