Las dos caras del “kitsch”: arte del mentir o mentira artística

This essay offers a general overview about the Kitsch, which refers to the counterfeit, imitation, copy, aesthetic disappointment and denial of itself to the boundaries of self deceit. It prosecutes the “bad art” as a part of their production and mass and commercial reproduction, registered within a...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Madriz Flores, Kathy
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/12374
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/12374
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:kitsch
newkitsch
hiper-kitsch
kitschification
aesthetics
style
art
lie
pseudo-artists
neokitsch
hiperkitsch
kitschificación
estética
estilo
arte
mentira
pseudo-artistas
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Summary:This essay offers a general overview about the Kitsch, which refers to the counterfeit, imitation, copy, aesthetic disappointment and denial of itself to the boundaries of self deceit. It prosecutes the “bad art” as a part of their production and mass and commercial reproduction, registered within a canon of style as way of artistically lying that sells and privileges the vulgar in numerous art fields. However, it exists an audience which stands up for it with all their sides as a free and valid choice.