Kitsch

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.
Corrección

Liliana Porter

Corrección, 2018

Limited Edition Print

Etching

EUR 1,500

Untitled (flower)

Jeff Koons

Untitled (flower), 1993

Drawing / Watercolor

Ink

GBP 35,000 - 45,000

Untitled

Laura Owens

Untitled, 2014

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 1,050

Jumps Out at You, No?

Jim Dine

Jumps Out at You, No?, 1993

Limited Edition Print

Etching

USD 14,000 - 16,000

Queen of Hearts

Mr. Brainwash

Queen of Hearts

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

GBP 11,000 - 13,000

Carracci Flower

Jeff Koons

Carracci Flower, 2021

Limited Edition Print

Pigment print

GBP 14,000 - 16,000

Magical Thinking

Grayson Perry

Magical Thinking, 2024

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

GBP 3,000

Nine Views of Winter 2

Jim Dine

Nine Views of Winter 2, 1985

Limited Edition Print

Woodcut

USD 5,000

Sans titre

Asger Jorn

Sans titre, 1967

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

EUR 2,550

Lithographie couleur

Asger Jorn

Lithographie couleur, 1970

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

EUR 1,200

Cracked Egg (Red)

Jeff Koons

Cracked Egg (Red), 2008

Sculpture / Object

Metal

USD 3,200

Life Is Beautiful (Dipped White Splash)

Mr. Brainwash

Life Is Beautiful (Dipped White Splash), 2020

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

USD 3,000

Life Is Beautiful (Dipped Red Splash)

Mr. Brainwash

Life Is Beautiful (Dipped Red Splash), 2020

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

USD 3,000

Life Is Beautiful (Dipped Black Splash)

Mr. Brainwash

Life Is Beautiful (Dipped Black Splash), 2020

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

USD 3,000

Flowarh$ - II (E)

Mr. Brainwash

Flowarh$ - II (E), 2021

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 5,700

Flowarh$ - II (D)

Mr. Brainwash

Flowarh$ - II (D), 2021

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

USD 2,750

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Body Print

A body print is an art technique where the artist uses their body as a printing plate. This can be done by smearing grease, margarine, or oil on the skin, hair, and clothes, then pressing the body against a surface like paper. The oiled imprint is then dusted with pigment. Unlike a self-portrait, a body print explores two competing concepts of identity rather than capturing a likeness of the artist. The method emphasizes the physicality of the body while questioning the boundaries between self-representation and abstraction.

Catalogue Raisonne

A Catalogue Raisonné is an annotated and comprehensive listing of all the known works of an artist. It includes detailed information that helps to identify and authenticate the artist's output across all media or within a specific medium. Typical details in a catalogue raisonné include the title, dimensions, date, medium, and current location of each work. This resource is essential for scholars, collectors, and art historians in tracking and verifying the complete body of work by an artist.

Monochrome

Monochromatic describes paintings, photographs, designs, or drawings that utilize one color or various shades of a single color. Monochromatic objects have a limited range of hues. While the term often refers to black and white or grayscale images, it can also apply to any artwork that contains tones of just one color.

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