THEFINEPRINT

This account has been created purposely for the fourth print issue of THEFINEPRINT's case study on kitsch. In stores early spring 2018.

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Mona Lisa
In art history class not
on towel yes”
-Matei Calinescu

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The replica, then, is the original itself, with the subtle loss of aura. If we are to differentiate a replica from a reproduction, in a reproduction we can speak of something being a “bad” reproduction.” -Chigaco School of Media Theory

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“Kitsch is the modern coping-mechanism for modernity”. It soughts to produce a reverse image of modernity, a locus of statis, continuity and connection to nature”. C.E. Emmer