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To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn something as Kitsch is to condemn it on moral grounds.

To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn something as Kitsch is to condemn it on moral grounds.

Karsten Harries
Art, Kitsch, Moral
Karsten Harries (2010). “Between Nihilism and Faith: A Commentary on Either/Or”, p.87, Walter de Gruyter

The need for Kitsch arises when genuine emotion has become rare.

Karsten Harries
Needs, Kitsch, Emotion
Karsten Harries (1968). “Meaning of Modern Art”, p.79, Northwestern University Press

Kitsch of course only comes into existence when we recognize how and why it works.

John Bayley
Kitsch, Existence, Courses

Solemnity and a complete absence of irony also mark kitsch.

Denis Dutton
Kitsch, Irony, Absence

Once kitsch is interpreted ironically, it ceases to be kitsch

Denis Dutton
Kitsch, Cease

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