Tag Archives: walter and margaret keane

tretchie and chinese girl

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Art

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 →

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getting tearful: shmaltzy fantasy images

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Dave

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 →

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morticia

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) morticia addams. carolyn jones. vampira. lurch. house of wax. vincent price. herman munster. 60′s TV. batman. frank gorshin, get smart. the man from uncle. james bond. ursula andrews. pussy galore. jill st. john. carolyn jones. … Continue reading →

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pop art for mall rats: well executed tripe

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Art

“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 →

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pablo

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THERE was this guy who worked at the rocket name of scott griggs. he was an advertising salesman (such at it was at the rocket). sure, he sold ads, but he was one of the … Continue reading →