Tag Archives: vladimir tretchikoff

cherubs to gag and giggle

by Art Chantry: this guy is one of my favorite drek artists. i’ve seen his crummy little pastel drawings of “injun” cherubs on plates and posters and greeting cards and just about every other piece of tourist crap you can … Continue reading

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real blue

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) meet the REAL ‘blue lady”. monika sing-lee (of johannesburg, south africa) was only about 19 years old when she was snagged from a chinese laundry and posed for vladimir tretchikoff’s infamously known kitschy classic. this … Continue reading

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tretchie and chinese girl

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this image is one of the thrift store standards of american kitsch. it’s right up there with the ‘big-eyed’ paintings of walter and margaret keane (or any of the legion of copycats). it’s up there … Continue reading

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getting tearful: shmaltzy fantasy images

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have a whole stack of old magazine covers in a cardboard box. among them are an awful lot of ‘saturday evening post’ covers of the past. all those shmaltzy fantasy images of an american … Continue reading

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pop art for mall rats: well executed tripe

“Popular culture has become our common language, and to become fluent in it is, like it or not, a key part of making sense of the larger world” –Andi Zeisler by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) i don’t know who … Continue reading

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