Interesting Vessel - Tiki or Not Tiki - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 3:02 AM It's not Tiki, but I own one :) It is definitely a fitting Tiki bar accoutrement. I am struggling with my Tiki definition while I am writing the Witco book, which has a couple of leopard/African named pieces in it. For now they all bunch up under the "Tiki Modern" moniker, which means that in the 50s/60s influences from ALL genres of primitive art merged into one genre, where nevertheless the TIKI shape dominated. In an earlier discussion about the Tiki-ness of Papua New Guinea art I also postulated that it is all a matter of balance: Tiki Modern is NOT a mono-Polynesian culture, the mixing in of Beachcomber/Trader/Melanesian and other "primitive" items is very important, but the Polynesian theme should dominate. To paraphrase my own motto "If it says Tiki on it, it should have Tiki in it" I would concede "by at least 78 %". There are things that are not Tiki in form, but very Tiki in spirit. For those, like the vase above, I reserve the term "Pop primitivism". My vase is painted with red lips, black hair, and a white bone. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-04-27 03:10 ]

It's not Tiki, but I own one :)
It is definitely a fitting Tiki bar accoutrement. I am struggling with my Tiki definition while I am writing the Witco book, which has a couple of leopard/African named pieces in it. For now they all bunch up under the "Tiki Modern" moniker, which means that in the 50s/60s influences from ALL genres of primitive art merged into one genre, where nevertheless the TIKI shape dominated.

In an earlier discussion about the Tiki-ness of Papua New Guinea art I also postulated that it is all a matter of balance: Tiki Modern is NOT a mono-Polynesian culture, the mixing in of Beachcomber/Trader/Melanesian and other "primitive" items is very important, but the Polynesian theme should dominate.

To paraphrase my own motto "If it says Tiki on it, it should have Tiki in it" I would concede "by at least 78 %". There are things that are not Tiki in form, but very Tiki in spirit. For those, like the vase above, I reserve the term "Pop primitivism".

My vase is painted with red lips, black hair, and a white bone.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-04-27 03:10 ]

Post #228941 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 3:02 AM