Pop Primitivism - General Tiki

Z Zeta Member Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 2105	Z Zeta Posted posted on Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:04 PM On 2009-02-24 08:29, Zeta wrote: Bought it in an antique store in Mexico... I know it is from Alaska but... Alaska is in the Pacific, so... Label under the figure in Spanish... Nice 1950's typography. Maybe we should start a web page: http://www.totemcentral.com On 2009-02-24 10:51, bigbrotiki wrote: OR start a thread on POP PRIMITIVISM, which incorporates American Indian, Pre-Columbian and African decor concepts. Below is a 1965 L.A. Times article excerpt about a house tour which proves how these styles were en vogue and co-existed all at the same time from the lat 50s to the 60s (and must have been mixed somtimes too)--as I pointed out in Tiki Modern: Mahalo to Nichols for this find. :) On 2009-02-24 13:02, Zeta wrote: ... Sounds like a nice crib! Like living in a Museum. Melting pot of cultures and all that. It is interesting that the pinnacle of Modernism, Classic Americana, hey day of capitalism,(1945 end of world war II) is also the beginning of Post modernism, the decline in many aspects, quality, "values" etc... Where everything goes... If you ask me, all those different Idols did it. It is Tiki's fault. Happened before with every empire, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mexico, Spain... All the exterior influence is great and make the empire grow stronger, until It ends up diluting the local culture... Pre-classic, Classic, Post-classic... Happened before, is happening now and will happen again, If the world doesn't end soon, that is. Now we are living in late post-modernism... Ramones and the Sex Pistols started it... Or at least that is my theory... Enough coffee for me. So, without further ado, here we will post everything that we know it is NOT Tiki in style but in spirit, meaning, everything that is supposed to be primitive but is in fact made of plastic (or any material) mass produced in a factory for a developed country. Buildings too. Could be Native American Pop, Egyptian Pop, African Pop, Greek Pop or anything you find and want to share. For example: If this Neo-Aztek building where located in Mexico, it would not be a big surprise, but the building was in Spain. It was three times the size you see in the picture. I will post some interior shots latter... It is a small world after all.

On 2009-02-24 08:29, Zeta wrote:
Bought it in an antique store in Mexico...

I know it is from Alaska but... Alaska is in the Pacific, so...

Label under the figure in Spanish... Nice 1950's typography.
Maybe we should start a web page: http://www.totemcentral.com

On 2009-02-24 10:51, bigbrotiki wrote:
OR start a thread on POP PRIMITIVISM, which incorporates American Indian, Pre-Columbian and African decor concepts. Below is a 1965 L.A. Times article excerpt about a house tour which proves how these styles were en vogue and co-existed all at the same time from the lat 50s to the 60s (and must have been mixed somtimes too)--as I pointed out in Tiki Modern:

Mahalo to Nichols for this find. :)

On 2009-02-24 13:02, Zeta wrote:
... Sounds like a nice crib! Like living in a Museum. Melting pot of cultures and all that. It is interesting that the pinnacle of Modernism, Classic Americana, hey day of capitalism,(1945 end of world war II) is also the beginning of Post modernism, the decline in many aspects, quality, "values" etc... Where everything goes... If you ask me, all those different Idols did it. It is Tiki's fault. Happened before with every empire, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mexico, Spain... All the exterior influence is great and make the empire grow stronger, until It ends up diluting the local culture... Pre-classic, Classic, Post-classic... Happened before, is happening now and will happen again, If the world doesn't end soon, that is. Now we are living in late post-modernism... Ramones and the Sex Pistols started it... Or at least that is my theory...
Enough coffee for me.

So, without further ado, here we will post everything that we know it is NOT Tiki in style but in spirit, meaning, everything that is supposed to be primitive but is in fact made of plastic (or any material) mass produced in a factory for a developed country. Buildings too. Could be Native American Pop, Egyptian Pop, African Pop, Greek Pop or anything you find and want to share.
For example:

If this Neo-Aztek building where located in Mexico, it would not be a big surprise, but the building was in Spain. It was three times the size you see in the picture. I will post some interior shots latter... It is a small world after all.

Post #436159 by Zeta on Tue, Feb 24, 2009 2:04 PM