Polynesian Kitsch Painting - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 1, 2011 10:35 AM Haha, thank you, Sweet Daddy, a new pop art genre I was not aware of! I would actually attribute this piece to the world wide genre of Airport Art. I am not a specialist on this subject, but the style of quick brush strokes point to an assembly line form of manufacture, where the piece is finished (though by hand) in the shortest amount of time, to allow mass production for a low price. I believe these kind of paintings are produced in the Philippines or somewhere in Pacific Asia, but sold everywhere where there are palm-studded beaches and tourists looking for mementos of their vacation, from Puerto Rico to Africa to Hawaii. Airport Art does find its way into the Tiki Lounge, foremost thru Papua new Guinea carvings, and Hawaiian/Tahitian souvenirs, but it is nowhere as unique as mid-century mainland U.S.A. produced Tiki style art.

Haha, thank you, Sweet Daddy, a new pop art genre I was not aware of!

I would actually attribute this piece to the world wide genre of Airport Art. I am not a specialist on this subject, but the style of quick brush strokes point to an assembly line form of manufacture, where the piece is finished (though by hand) in the shortest amount of time, to allow mass production for a low price. I believe these kind of paintings are produced in the Philippines or somewhere in Pacific Asia, but sold everywhere where there are palm-studded beaches and tourists looking for mementos of their vacation, from Puerto Rico to Africa to Hawaii.

Airport Art does find its way into the Tiki Lounge, foremost thru Papua new Guinea carvings, and Hawaiian/Tahitian souvenirs, but it is nowhere as unique as mid-century mainland U.S.A. produced Tiki style art.

Post #600269 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 1, 2011 10:35 AM