I'm no big fan of Basquiat--he seems to me to be a case of the
gallery world creating a commodity. But I was speaking more about
things like the urinal collection.
It occurs to me that there's another category/term to cionsider:
fetish. I'll leave it at that for the moment.
Mark
At 09:07 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
>Peter & Christopher,
>
>The key difference between kitsch and camp seems to me
>to be self-consciousness. Kitsch doesn't know it's
>kitsch, while camp not only knows what it is but
>craves it.
>
>And where does the middle-brow fit in with all this
>comparative discussion of high and popular culture?
>
>
>Mark,
>
>Your account of the Warhol auction was absolutely
>fascinating. I'm curious to know if anything by
>Basquiat featured in it and whether you might have
>classified it as "tag sale" stuff(?).
>
>Candice
>
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