TSA
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
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TSA
Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Some one asked what was all that stuff on the shelf in my studio -
Actually, after I read that some of my artist heroes, like Tim Hilderbrandt
and Berni Wrightson, and Mark Ryden have huge collections of
toys and skulls and many odd objects of Art, I felt the desire to have one as well.
It's my collection of POP Culture Art, of course, showing my personal tastes.
Or Certified Reference Materials used for the calibration of an apparatus,
An antique is a collectable that is old.
A curio is a small, usually fascinating or unusual item sought after by collectors,
A "manufactured" collectable is an item made specifically for people to collect.
Also, collectables have played an important role in tourism, in the form of souvenirs.
Another important field of collecting that is also big business is memorabilia.
Ephemera from historical, media, or entertainment events,
items that were meant to be thrown away but were saved by fans
and accumulated by collectors.
Collectables are items of limited supply that are sought for a variety
of reasons including a possible increase in value.
Obscure items.
Enthusiasts will often try to assemble a complete set of the available variations.
A souvenir (from French, for a remembrance or memory),
memento, keepsake, or token of remembrance is an object a
person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it.
The term souvenir brings to mind the mass-produced kitsch
that is the main commodity of souvenir and gift shops in many
tourist attractions around the world.
The object itself has no real significance other than the psychological
connection the possessor has with the object as a symbol of past experience.
Without the owner's input, the object's meaning is invisible and cannot be articulated.
Similar to souvenirs, memorabilia (Latin for memorable (things),
plural of memorābile) are objects treasured for their memories;
However, unlike souvenirs, memorabilia are valued for a connection to an event.
Examples include sporting events, historical events, culture, and entertainment.
In Japan, souvenirs are known as meibutsu.
Kitsch (a loanword from German) is a style of mass-produced art
or design using cultural icons.
As a descriptive term, kitsch originated in the art markets of Munich in the 1860s
and the 1870s, describing cheap, popular, and marketable
pictures and sketches.
In Das Buch vom Kitsch (The Book of Kitsch), Hans Reimann defines
it as a professional expression “born in a painter's studio”.
Hermann Broch argues that the essence of kitsch is imitation: kitsch
mimics its immediate predecessor with no regard to ethics—it aims to
copy the beautiful, not the good.
According to Walter Benjamin, kitsch is, unlike art, a utilitarian object
lacking all critical distance between object and observer; it "offers
instantaneous emotional gratification without intellectual effort, without
the requirement of distance, without sublimation".
Interesting. Cool Swanky Swag.
Aloha! ...for all your aloha and support!
Brad Tiki-Shark Parker
The Brian Setzer response to "Pacific Rim"? Man, I LOVE Brian Setzer! Only Brian could write a song called "GO-GO GODZILLA"!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo7VWqcqJ3M
[ Edited by: tiki shark art 2013-07-20 04:31 ]
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