Kitsch is in the eye of the beholder.(ARTS & BOOKS REVIEW)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: September 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: THOMAS SUTCLIFFE

What is kitsch? It has never been an easy question to answer, given that it depends on the taste of the viewer - but one ad hominem answer that would meet my requirements is "any art that is admired by Uri Geller". Geller is a kind of embodiment of kitsch himself - self-dramatising, spuriously urgent, yet capable of getting through to the public in a way that infuriates the high-minded. So it seems apt that he should always have championed the ar...

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