The Kitsch Movement | Willem Venter

The Kitsch Movement as manifestation of Rancièrian dissensus by Willem Venter.

About the presentation:
The contemporary Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum declared in 1998 at a retrospective exhibition of his work that he is not an artist, but prefers to be known as a Kitsch painter. With this statement, Nerdrum insists that his work should be considered within (what he calls) the standards of Kitsch. In his description of The Kitsch Movement Odd Nerdrum distinguishes between Kitsch and art. Nerdrum’s positioning of his work within a framework that he himself defines as Kitsch speaks of a thoughtful and deliberate theorization of the nature of art creation within contemporary art, specifically with regard to the definition of kitsch as a construct.

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Venter is currently a Ph.D. student and lecturer in History of Art and member of the Research Niche for Visual narratives and creative outputs through interdisciplinary and practice-led research at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University, South Africa.

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