Changing Meaning of Kitsch

Max Ryynänen is Senior Lecturer of Theory of Visual Culture in Aalto University (Helsinki/Espoo)Paco Barragán is an arts writer and curator and has earned an international PhD from the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain

• Kitsch: From Rejection to Acceptance: On the Changing Meaning of Kitsch in Today’s Cultural Production (Introduction).- PART I: Kitsch and Life.- Kitsch in the Hypermodern Era.- Sailing the Seas of Cheese.- Kitsch in Relation to Loss.- Old Tricks for a New Dog: Toilet Humor, Politicized Kitsch and the Trump Presidency.- PART II: Kitsch and Culture.- Kitsch and Architecture.- From Fashion as Kitsch to Kitsch in Fashion: Redefining Beauty and Taste Today.- Digital Kitsch. Art and Kitsch in the Informational Milieu.- Kitsch, Beauty and Artistic Practice.- Biokitsch in Art: And the Survival of the Prettiest.- Epilogue: What Next?