Comments on: On “kitsch”, “camp” and Susan Sontag http://retrorenovation.com/2009/11/08/on-kitsch-camp-susan-sontag-and-retro-renovation/ Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes Fri, 25 May 2012 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rav http://retrorenovation.com/2009/11/08/on-kitsch-camp-susan-sontag-and-retro-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-106705 Rav Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:44:17 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=6594#comment-106705 To me kitsch is the most fun aspect of the post-industrial retro movement. I love lawn flamingos, garden gnomes, flower pot animals with large eyes. Beards, v-neck shirts on men, the color orange or pastel blue. It's all fantastic. That kitschy lamp in the above photo is absolutely fabulous. I wouldn't consider your blog campy though. Camp is a little too much for me. Those cheesy velvet nude paintings, old issues of Penthouse and Divine eating dog poop at the end of Pink Flamingos. She's not a woman she's a "woman". It's not art it's "art". To me kitsch is the most fun aspect of the post-industrial retro movement. I love lawn flamingos, garden gnomes, flower pot animals with large eyes. Beards, v-neck shirts on men, the color orange or pastel blue. It’s all fantastic. That kitschy lamp in the above photo is absolutely fabulous.

I wouldn’t consider your blog campy though. Camp is a little too much for me. Those cheesy velvet nude paintings, old issues of Penthouse and Divine eating dog poop at the end of Pink Flamingos. She’s not a woman she’s a “woman”. It’s not art it’s “art”.

]]> By: eforhan http://retrorenovation.com/2009/11/08/on-kitsch-camp-susan-sontag-and-retro-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-43252 eforhan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:07:06 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=6594#comment-43252 My wife and I have been looking at homes for months. Retrorenovations has inspired usto at the very least consider leaving mid-century features in any place we might buy. It's also led to my feeling that something is missing in modern homes. I had read an article somewhere (here?) about colors being so bright and cheery in 50s-60s homes because it reflected how America felt about its present and future. But now, as also noticed by this blog, the trend seems to be industrial: All stainless steel and wood. While that has in the past made my heart a'flutter, I've often wondered what it says about our society. Where's the fun? Where are the splashes of color? And what about the history involved? My wife and I have been looking at homes for months.
Retrorenovations has inspired usto at the very least consider leaving mid-century features in any place we might buy.

It’s also led to my feeling that something is missing in modern homes. I had read an article somewhere (here?) about colors being so bright and cheery in 50s-60s homes because it reflected how America felt about its present and future. But now, as also noticed by this blog, the trend seems to be industrial: All stainless steel and wood.

While that has in the past made my heart a’flutter, I’ve often wondered what it says about our society. Where’s the fun? Where are the splashes of color? And what about the history involved?

]]> By: Genjenn http://retrorenovation.com/2009/11/08/on-kitsch-camp-susan-sontag-and-retro-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-43206 Genjenn Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:11:10 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=6594#comment-43206 camp is ironic kitsch. camp is ironic kitsch.

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