Moving foward, or living in the past? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 12:08 PM Well, this mission statement was issued years ago. And even though it still is mostly applicable, I feel it is a little unjust to newbies to still have The Book of Tiki upheld as the must have...when you can only get one for around 100.- bucks nowadays! I think Hanford should ad TIKI STYLE as affordable basic history and style guide. It does not dazzle as much, but it'll do. The problem with possibly recommending TIKI MODERN as a guide might be that while the first half recaps Tiki style's evolution as an art form, it has a lot about modernism, pop primitivism in general (touching on African art!) and purely Witco in it, and as such would not represent pure, "classic" poly pop Tiki style adequately. Hanford?

Well, this mission statement was issued years ago. And even though it still is mostly applicable, I feel it is a little unjust to newbies to still have The Book of Tiki upheld as the must have...when you can only get one for around 100.- bucks nowadays! I think Hanford should ad TIKI STYLE as affordable basic history and style guide. It does not dazzle as much, but it'll do.

The problem with possibly recommending TIKI MODERN as a guide might be that while the first half recaps Tiki style's evolution as an art form, it has a lot about modernism, pop primitivism in general (touching on African art!) and purely Witco in it, and as such would not represent pure, "classic" poly pop Tiki style adequately.

Hanford?

Post #362888 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 12:08 PM