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Tag Archives: leroy nieman
hipster tacky: goin’ for unadulterated hackdom
by Art Chantry: all you uber-sophistcated tastemakers and purveyors of “hipster tacky” out there can HAVE your peter max, your walter keane, your dali, your glaser, your tikis, your ‘green lady’ and your ‘painter of light’. when it comes to … Continue reading
leroy: hacking a path to the bank
by Art Chantry: here is another (very recently printed) example of a “fake leroy nieman”. this is a cheap-o little ‘gift bag’ thing made by “gift box corp of america”. i found it at the goodwill for 10¢ (original price … Continue reading
tretchie and chinese girl
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this image is one of the thrift store standards of american kitsch. it’s right up there with the ‘big-eyed’ paintings of walter and margaret keane (or any of the legion of copycats). it’s up there … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged alfred hitchcock frenzy, american kitsch, art chantry, David Bowie, leroy nieman, michael caine alfie, mick jagger Performance movie, monika sing-lee, patrick nagel, Peter Max, The Chinese Girl, vladimir tretchikoff, walter and margaret keane
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getting tearful: shmaltzy fantasy images
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have a whole stack of old magazine covers in a cardboard box. among them are an awful lot of ‘saturday evening post’ covers of the past. all those shmaltzy fantasy images of an american … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andrew Wyeth, art chantry, dale chihuly, leroy nieman, Norman Rockwell, norman rockwell gun digest, patrick nagel, Peter Max, saturday evening post, vladimir tretchikoff, walter and margaret keane
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pop art for mall rats: well executed tripe
“Popular culture has become our common language, and to become fluent in it is, like it or not, a key part of making sense of the larger world” –Andi Zeisler by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) i don’t know who … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Adam Parfrey, andi zeisler, art chantry, Augustus John, dale chihuly, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Jerry Lewis, leroy nieman, margaret keane, natalie wood, patrick nagel, Peter Max, Shepard Fairey, starburst wall clocks, thomas kinkade, trailer trash household, vladimir tretchikoff, walter and margaret keane, walter keane
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