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 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:26 AM Beg to differentiate: African in design and inspiration, this is mid-century modern primitivism, or pop primitivism, which, as I hope to have shown in my second book, has close ties to Tiki Modern. Both are born out of the same Zeitgeist. The rule that African primitive art is NOT Tiki still applies, but as is the case with Witco's wild stylistic oeuvre, the lines between mid-century African modernism and mid-century Oceanic modernism are sometimes blurry. So while this piece isn't "Tiki" per se, it would fit well into a Tiki environment.

Beg to differentiate: African in design and inspiration, this is mid-century modern primitivism, or pop primitivism, which, as I hope to have shown in my second book, has close ties to Tiki Modern. Both are born out of the same Zeitgeist.

The rule that African primitive art is NOT Tiki still applies, but as is the case with Witco's wild stylistic oeuvre, the lines between mid-century African modernism and mid-century Oceanic modernism are sometimes blurry. So while this piece isn't "Tiki" per se, it would fit well into a Tiki environment.

Post #434248 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:26 AM