Placing Tiki Bars in Their Proper Category - General Tiki

GK Grand Kahu Grand Member (2 years) Dallas, TX Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 189	GK Grand Kahu Posted posted on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:54 PM It's unfortunate "Polynesian Pop" is not quite as catchy (or maybe it is...) as "Tiki Bar" as it seems far more what this is all about - and that tiki is certainly just that - a subcategory. I know, heresy, but it's not as if all roads lead to tiki (reminds me of the art historical "all roads leading to Modernism"), but more so a view of Exoticism>Asian Exoticism>Polynesian Pop>Tiki. Exoticism has been around forever and a day, Asian Exoticism of the type we are considering since - oh, let's say around 1600 and the rise of the East India Company, and Polynesian Pop has its beginnings in the 18th and, mainly, 19th centuries, before tiki picks up steam, per Big Bro, post-1945, specifically in the late 50s and into the 60s. Where one begins and the other ends is a pretty thankless debate. After all, even Paul Gauguin had his "tiki mugs." Of a sort... GK Grand Kahu "We've come for your liver." [ Edited by: Grand Kahu 2009-08-24 22:56 ]

It's unfortunate "Polynesian Pop" is not quite as catchy (or maybe it is...) as "Tiki Bar" as it seems far more what this is all about - and that tiki is certainly just that - a subcategory. I know, heresy, but it's not as if all roads lead to tiki (reminds me of the art historical "all roads leading to Modernism"), but more so a view of Exoticism>Asian Exoticism>Polynesian Pop>Tiki. Exoticism has been around forever and a day, Asian Exoticism of the type we are considering since - oh, let's say around 1600 and the rise of the East India Company, and Polynesian Pop has its beginnings in the 18th and, mainly, 19th centuries, before tiki picks up steam, per Big Bro, post-1945, specifically in the late 50s and into the 60s.

Where one begins and the other ends is a pretty thankless debate. After all, even Paul Gauguin had his "tiki mugs." Of a sort...

Grand Kahu

"We've come for your liver."

[ Edited by: Grand Kahu 2009-08-24 22:56 ]

Post #479257 by Grand Kahu on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 10:54 PM