Chapman Brothers Exhibition - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 12:43 PM I wonder if these guys know about the Tiki McDonalds in Ohio! Here is something to ponder: If these pieces would have a Trader Vic logo on them, would they be less offensive/tragic? Are these artists not taking exactly what we like about the un-PCness of Polynesian Pop and pushing it to the limit? Woody, I would be curious to find out if the artists themselves made these, or, as I suspect, found Oceanic natives, artisans that mass-produce airport art for tourists, and commisioned these pieces from them. The way the "aged" look is given to these carvings suggest professionals that do this all the time. I think it's done really well, this is exactly what I miss in the nouveaux Oceanic Arts pieces in the "Night Of The Tiki" book. The 60s and 70s machine carvings by OA really had that down, but after that they lost it.

I wonder if these guys know about the Tiki McDonalds in Ohio!
Here is something to ponder: If these pieces would have a Trader Vic logo on them, would they be less offensive/tragic? Are these artists not taking exactly what we like about the un-PCness of Polynesian Pop and pushing it to the limit?

Woody, I would be curious to find out if the artists themselves made these, or, as I suspect, found Oceanic natives, artisans that mass-produce airport art for tourists, and commisioned these pieces from them. The way the "aged" look is given to these carvings suggest professionals that do this all the time. I think it's done really well, this is exactly what I miss in the nouveaux Oceanic Arts pieces in the "Night Of The Tiki" book. The 60s and 70s machine carvings by OA really had that down, but after that they lost it.

Post #13619 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 12:43 PM