
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844 – 1930) Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16th, 1581. Oil on canvas, 1885 (199.5 × 254 cm (78.54 × 100 in)) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Historical background
Kitsch is deep in its superficiality, art is superficially deep.
– Odd Nerdrum
Community
In 2005, Jan-Ove Tuv og Helene Knoop launched worldwidekitsch.com, an international community for kitsch painters and hoster of the Kitsch Biennale – a travelling exhibition showing kitsch-painters from around the world.
Exhibitions
- 2002: Kitsch Katakomben, Haugar Vestfold KunstMuseum, Tonsberg, Norway
- 2002: Raugland Atelier, Stavern, Norway
- 2002: Larvik Kunstforening, Larvik, Norway
- 2004: Kitsch, Telemark Museum, Skien, Norway
- 2005: Kitsch Annuale, Krutthuset, Fredricksvern Verft, Stavern, Norway
- 2006: Kitsch Annuale, Stavern, Norway
- 2008: Kitsch Biennale Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
- 2009: Kitsch, Krapperup Castle, Sweden
- 2009: Fall Kitsch, Galleri PAN, Oslo, Norway
- 2009: Immortal Works, VASA KONSTHALL, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2010: Kitsch Biennale, Palazzo Cini, Venice, Italy
Related philosophical writings
- On Kitsch (2000) by Odd Nerdrum, Jan-Ove Tuv, Jan-Erik Ebbestad Hansen and Dag Solhjell
- Kitsch more than Art (2011) by Odd Nerdrum and others
- The Invention of Art (2001) by Larry Shiner
- Kitsch (1933) by Herman Broch
- Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics (1818-1829) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Kitsch and Art (1996) by Thomas Kulka
- Avant Garde and Kitsch (1939) by Clement Greenberg
- Critique of Judgment (1790) by Immanuel Kant
- The Dehumanization of Art (1925) by José Ortega y Gasset
- Art and Culture: Critical Essays (1961) by Clement Greenberg
- Poetics (ca. 335 BCE) by Aristotle
- Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism (1987) by Matei Călinescu
- Notes on the Problem of Kitsch (1950) by Herman Broch
Related articles
- Huffington post – The Dawn of the Kitsch Movement by Brandon Kralik
- Odd Nerdrum’s Official Website – Why the Art World failed and Hollywood Succeeded by Bork S. Nerdrum
- Artist daily – The Kitsch Alternative written by Michael Gormley
- Boise weekly – The Kitsch Campaign Odd Nerdrum’s on Kitsch by E.J. Pettinger
Related videoes
- Youtube:
TRAC2014: The Aesthetics of 21st Century – Panel Discussion - Youtube:
TRAC2014: Jan-Ove Tuv – “Kitsch” as Superstructure for representational, narrative painting