- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Subsequent edition (1 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 081664117X
- ISBN-13: 978-0816641178
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 754,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From her pet glass-globed hermit crab Rodney to the Victorian era's Crystal Palace, Celeste Olalquiaga offers a meditative look at the origins of kitsch and what kitsch tells us about the conflicts between the real and the artificial, tradition and modernity, nostalgia and melancholy. Olalquiaga artfully traces this form to the mid-1800s and establishes kitsch as a sensibility of loss-a yearning for objects to help recapture the past-and explains how these artifacts respond to a deep-seated human need for meaning and connection with nature. The Artificial Kingdom beautifully elucidates this aspect of culture as an attempt to recover what industrialization has destroyed.
"Ingenious, fascinating, and melancholic." Peter Woolen, London Review of Books
"Olalquiaga finds an explanation of the modern-age question: why the subject of an artwork can seem more alive in representation than in life." New York Times Book Review
"Stunning. A potent, incantatory exploration into the emotional resonance of kitsch." Art Papers
Celeste Olalquiaga is an independent scholar who has received Rockefeller and Guggenheim awards. She is the author of Megalopolis: Contemporary Cultural Sensibilities (Minnesota, 1992). She lives in Paris.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
kitch, art, and celeste olalquiaga
4 May 2006
Format:Paperback
I think this book is a must read for anyone making objects or conceptual art. It has insight into the ideas of kitsch and the experience of the object. I find it hard to make sculpture without refering to some of the ideas celeste inplies.
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Awesome Kitch repository
24 Feb 2011
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This book covers everything, and while it jumps a bit and is at times a little dense, I think it's totally worth while for anyone interested in kitch, curios, memory, collecting, taxidermy, victoriana and more.
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