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Kitsch art<\/em><\/strong> is the final stage of\u00a0\u00a0art and kitsch art is the rejection of art. It beckons to a state of innocence, a world beyond, in the land of make believe. It finds beauty in all things, even a Nebraska football stadium made of knick-knacks, or popsicle sticks for a sled, or matching his and her miniature rocking chairs made out of clothespins (all at my parents’ house). Kitsch is all around us: we just need to be woke to kitsch.<\/p>\n

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High Kitsch<\/em>\u00a0has a distinguished tradition\u00a0in America, which is traced from the Hudson school to Thomas Kinkade.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Cole, Voyage of Life: Youth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thomas Kinkade, Master of American Kitsch Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The jury is out on\u00a0Steve Henderson<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Political kitsch<\/em> induces the gag reflex and\u00a0a vomiting sensation. Two examples: the newly married Melania and Donald Trump with the Clintons in a scratch-your-back arrangement (according to candidate Trump).<\/p>\n

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The Clintons greet the Trump newlyweds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another iconic example of political kitsch is President George W. Bush parading\u00a0on an aircraft carrier flight deck\u00a0 with codpiece on display in front of fellows dressed like Willy Wonka in the Chocolate factory\u00a0when the time of troubles has hardly begun. How do you say hoobris in Texan?<\/p>\n

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President George W. Bush and “Mission Accomplished”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Egon Schiele is not kitsch.<\/p>\n

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