Post #275587 by Gigantalope on Fri, Dec 29, 2006 8:51 PM

There was a fantastic thread a year or so back about a gallery opening in London (I think it was London) where people had rendered Polinesian Images with crap from modern culture like Mc Donalds Arches...I would consider that a splendid use of Tiki in a modern and sort of cutting edge context. (Though that sort of mixing of iconography is a bit trite)

I am 'probly alone in this, but I feel in this age of over-sensitivity and law-suites, we've lost some of our ability to laugh at ourselves. People might make more risks in a less PC Climate with cultural and religious icons.

Example:

Link to Concept Car Dodge "Kahuna"
http://www.willshireltd.com/Concepts/Kahuna.html

Link to petition to stop the production
http://www.petitiononline.com/Kahuna04/petition.html

It's interesting to consider what of modern "Tiki" (both Art and Craft)would be produced if it were not for it's commercial value. Who would "Produce" just to be doing it?

It seems to me the one group that would still be there in large numbers would be the Musicians, perhapes more than artists of other mediums considered "Tiki".

Thoughts?