Re: FLUXLIST: Please define kitsch

[ArtnAnts]

In a message dated 7/1/04 4:33:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

kitsch is usally a derogative tern--ceratinly associated with asp[ects of thesentimental that are borderingon the "distasteful"--yet do evoke passionate feelings in some--while repulsion in others-

I think some artists such as Odd Nerdrum seek to raise the bar or maybe go back to the sublime mode of Kitsch before it was considred derogative. But that certainly is the modern definition isnt it?