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| | Kitsch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A painter classified as making kitsch is Margaret Keane, who worked in the 50s and 60s, painting mostly portraits of waif children; but whether her subject was child, adult, or animal, all of her pictures had very large, staring eyes that always directly faced the viewer. | | | He states that while art serves the public, kitsch serves personal expression; art serves politics, while kitsch loses itself in the eternal and is pure sensuality, “naked talent exposing itself.” Nerdrum declares: “Art exists for art itself and addresses the public. | | | Another painter who is commonly used as an example of kitsch is the fantasy artist Boris Vallejo, born in Peru. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch
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| | Kitsch and the Modern Predicament by Roger Scruton, City Journal Winter 1999 |
| | This fear of kitsch was one of the motives behind modernism in the arts. | | | "Kitsch," wrote Greenberg, "is the epitome of all that is spurious in the life of our times." And he had in mind not figurative painting only, but Hollywood, popular music, the picture postcard, and indeed, all the flotsam of mass culture. | | | The artless art of primitive people, the art of the medieval stonemasons and stained-glass makers—all these are naive and devoid of high pretensions. |
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http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_1_urbanities_kitsch_and_the.html
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| | Denis Dutton on Kitsch |
| | Kitsch includes what advertising blurbs might call “original hand-painted reproductions of fine works of art,&; mass-produced tourist curios in imitation of honest folk styles, most cinematic versions of famous composers’ lives, much patriotic art, the funerary sculpture of California’s Forest Lawn Cemetery, and all manner of religious reproductions and souvenirs. | | | Kitsch proper begins in the history of art with what has been called bourgeois realism in the salons of the 19th century. | | | Kitsch is more difficult to identify in purely abstract painting or nonprogrammatic music because its effects so depend on descriptive elements. |
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http://www.denisdutton.com/kitsch_macmillan.htm
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| | Urban Dictionary: kitsch |
| | Kitsch-it is a type of art based on love for the human expression and must have some form of talent and technical skill. | | | As an art movement, lifestyle, or literature and film genre, kitsch is pleasingly distasteful. | | | I saw an awesome Andy Warhol knockoff at the galley yesterday, it was so kitsch. |
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kitsch&r=f
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| | Odd Nerdrum |
| | I believe it is high time for a reevaluation of art in light of both kitsch and postmodernism. | | | Kitsch painters, as I understood it, do not get state subsidies and no tax benefits otherwise common for artists. | | | It is quite common to accuse kitschpainters of longing for the trenches of the modernist war, as they define themselves free from Art. |
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http://www.nerdrum.com
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| | Public Eye: Kitsch Ascendant |
| | And putting kitsch in an artwork or in an art museum, shop or book changes it, perhaps redeems it. | | | Ever since the modernist critic Clement Greenberg first took on the subject in a famous essay in 1939, kitsch has figured as a kind of evil twin to modern. | | | "Rascal in Paradise" is devoted to the work of Edgar Leeteg, the originator of a kitsch classic: paintings on velvet. |
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http://www.philpatton.com/velvet.htm
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| | Kitsch: A Cultural Menace No Longer / Once seen as a tool for tyrants, it has become a rich resource for serious artists |
| | Kitsch might be a category of cultural production that will, like Christ's poor, always be with us, but no one today sees it as the threat that Greenberg and cultural critics of his time did. | | | Today, many of our best artists are inspired by works and genres of popular culture, i.e., kitsch, but the work they themselves make is not kitsch at all. | | | Similarly, Jeff Koons, the artist San Franciscans most love to hate, has used kitsch ceramics as a point of reference, but his sculpture is serious in intention. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/04/PK3134.DTL
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| | Kitsch in Kunderas Work |
| | First of all, the term "kitsch" must be understood against the term "art": is kitsch the opposite of art, is it "bad art," or can it be a functional part of what is generally accepted as "high art"? | | | This may be called "unmitigated kitsch." In an effort to further elaborate this kitsch-irony interaction, I will draw on the categories of irony that Wayne Booth sets out in his Rhetoric of Irony, namely his threefold criteria of stable/unstable, local/universal, and overt/covert. | | | Finally, I will propose a definition of kitsch specifically for the written work of art. |
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http://www.kundera.de/english/Info-Point/Kitsch_in_Kunderas_Work/kitsch_in_kunderas_work.html
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| | Times & Seasons » On the Possibilities of Kitsch |
| | I don’t know if we should refer to that painting as kitsch or not — in my opinion it’s fine. | | | I have a few close friends who are heavily involved in the LDS music industry and the reason they turn out so much kitsch is socialism, pure and simple. | | | If the religiously-themed painting in your living room is also in the homes of other people in your ward, perhaps that is a wake-up call. |
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http://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php?p=2481
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| | Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/kitsch |
| | One of his victims has her walls covered with erotic kitsch; awriter and his wife decorate their home as if it were a rejected stage set from "2001." | | | A fanatical collector of 1950s atomic kitsch and a talent scoutfor what might best be called "outsider art" and artists, Ms. | | | The tone isn't always matched, unfortunately, by that of the performances, which can veer toward kitsch and cuteness. |
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http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2000/06/21.html
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| | Technorati Tag: kitsch |
| | The art of Eddie Breen, who paints into existing fleamarket and thrift-store paintings, bending them to his will, and creating new meanings. | | | Hard not to appreciate the ripping the LA Times gives hack painter Thomas Kinkade, whose mass-produced kitsch hangs in... | | | Retro Gifts, Decor, Furniture and Kitsch Out of this world retro gifts, decor, furniture and kitsch. |
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http://technorati.com/tag/kitsch
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| | Odd Nerdrum: Kitsch |
| | Texts on Kitsch and Art, by Jan-Ove Tuv: | | | These pages were made by Trond Hjorteland Rød, | | | "The Curatoriat" from the book "On Kitsch" (2001) |
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http://nerdrum.com/kitsch
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| | kitsch. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Exploitative commercial objects such as Mona Lisa scarves and abominable plaster reproductions of sculptural masterpieces are described as kitsch, as are works that claim artistic value but are weak, cheap, or sentimental. | | | A museum of kitsch was opened in Stuttgart. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/ki/kitsch.html
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| | Online Catalogue |
| | Gift for lovers from passion testers to a kitsch red rose. | | | Why it's so great to shop with Kitsch | | | Kitsch Kitchen featuring novelty washing up gloves, feather dusters, pink french maid aprons and lots more goodies for you to enjoy, these make great christmas presents |
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http://www.kitsch.co.uk/acatalog
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| | Why celebrate the kitsch when it's all about the profane? - theage.com.au |
| | Elsewhere Kundera writes of kitsch as "the need to gaze into the mirror and be moved to tears of gratification at one's own reflection". | | | Why celebrate the kitsch when it's all about the profane? | | | This, then, is the debilitating consequence of kitsch. |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/24/1040511049921.html
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| | World Of Kitsch About Definition |
| | World of Kitsch looks at the broader picture, bringing you examples of the most desireable, yet hideous kitsch including music, celebrities, film and more traditional items of kitsch, plus much more! | | | kitsch In the arts, anything that claims to have an aesthetic purpose but is tawdry and tasteless. | | | Kitsch items can be found throughout history and are certainly not limited to the past century. |
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http://www.worldofkitsch.com/about/definition.html
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| | Kitsch: World Of Kitsch - A Tribute To All Things Tack |
| | View your favourite items of kitsch art in the gallery. | | | Snow globes remain popular, whether seen as art or kitsch | | | Visit the kitsch chat room to discuss kitsch LIVE with other fans. |
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http://www.worldofkitsch.com
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| | kitsch |
| | Functional fashion accessaries with a Pop Art Kitsch edge. | | | Why it's so great to shop with Kitsch | | | About Us Welcome to Kitsch shop, we trust and hope you enjoy your shopping with us: |
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http://www.countryactivities.co.uk/acatalog
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| | PopPolitics.com - Orientalist Kitsch |
| | If we understand these commodity images as kitsch, we can engage this particular image of Chinese laundry workers as a function of marketing strategies such as parody and irony. | | | This does not mean we abandon the analysis of popular culture for its reproduction of racist stereotypes, gender norms or social restrictions; on the contrary, by thinking about things like form and aesthetics, it might mean that we are able to take the politics of popular culture more seriously. | | | And because these items are typed as “trashy” or “low class” -- the (sometimes faux) detritus of thrift stores and garage sales -- their purchase as kitsch is accompanied by the necessary wink, which distinguishes the wearers of the t-shirts from those who might really work at Art's Auto Body. |
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http://www.poppolitics.com/articles/2002-05-23-orientalistkitsch.shtml
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| | Star Wars Kitsch |
| | Star Wars-related 8-tracks are the gems of the Star Wars kitsch collection. | | | These great pieces of kitsch art are once again hitting the streets after spending twenty years in pajama palookaville. | | | What seems to make Star Wars kitsch so irresistable is its shameless irreverence for the timeless appeal of Star Wars. |
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http://www.toysrgus.com/images-speci/kitsch/kitsch.html
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| | Amazon.com: Soviet Kitsch: Music: Regina Spektor |
| | It contains the music video for "Us" and a short film, "The Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch"; a sampling of "The Flowers", "Carbon Monoxide", "Us", "Ghost of Corporate Future", and the full version of "Ode to Divorce" in a music video-esque fashion. | | | I dug the song and checked out her Soviet Kitsch album. | | | Her lyrics and music flow and complement each other, not over powering the other, but holding each other's hand as they stroll down the field of music masterpieces. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007NBAMW?v=glance
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| | Kitsch!!!! |
| | This page is meant in fun, to celebrate American culture at its most joyfully outrageous. | | | This Page is in homage to The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste by Jane and Michael Stern. | | | The book is a witty and comprehensive tribute to the classic and fabled examples of American kitsch. |
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http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7356/kitsch.html
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| | The Tacky Postcard Archive |
| | This site contains tacky postcards, tacky post cards, humor, humour, bad, tasteless, awful, bizarre, satire comedy, parody, kitsch, irony, links, fun, triumph, tragedy, dumb jokes and even some creative writing. | | | I hate doing this but some of the dumber search engines require it, so here goes. |
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http://www.tackymail.com
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| | Blogcritics.org: Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch |
| | The whispered intro suckered me in as I turned up the volume to hear what was being said...only to have the snarling opening ("I kissed your lips and I tasted blood...") almost blow me off the couch. | | | Soviet Kitsch opens with the downcast (and rightly so!) "Ode To Divorce". | | | I hate to make the too-easy Tori reference here (because, really, aside from the obvious female voice + piano, the comparison ends there) but the one real similarity is this: my reaction to Soviet Kitsch is very similar to the one I had with Little Earthquakes. |
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/29/110501.php
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| | Kitsch Posters, Kitsch Posters |
| | Copyright © 2004 - 2005 Art Movie Posters ArtMoviePosters.com All rights reserved. | | | Movie Posters, Music Posters, Sports Posters, Kitsch Posters, Kitsch Posters |
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http://artmovieposters.com/artpostersmovieposters-art-1016-movie-20625.html
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| | Kitsch Tour U.S.A. |
| | For a fabo collection of Kitsch Postcards from France, follow one of these links and see happy families and happy people dancing and happy people on mopeds: | | | Kitsch Tour U.S.A. Not meant to be a comprehensive tour... | | | Janet Friedman has written the ultimate travel guide to kitsch, called Eccentric America, which advertises itself as "Weird, Wacky, and Outrageously Fun things to See and Do in America." Find out how to find the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, SPAMarama, Mike the Headless Chicken Days, and the future birthplace of Captain James Tiberius Kirk. |
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http://www.frankwu.com/kitschhome.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Kitsch: Books |
| | The opulent eccentricity of the home of Pierre et Gilles in Paris is also featured. | | | There is a brief history of kitsch, a superb and comprehensive section on the icons of kitsch that I and many others can't live without and tours around the homes of dedicated kitsch-o-philes. | | | Seriously though this book has wonderful pictures is well written and is a little ray of sunshine on a dark and gloomy day. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1840007168
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| | kitsch |
| | If a tree with a trifurcation at the base is by mistake fed into the U option of KITSCH then some of its species (the entire rightmost furc, in fact) will be ignored and too small a tree read in. | | | If you use a User Tree (option U) with branch lengths with KITSCH, and the tree is not clocklike, when two branch lengths give conflicting positions for a node, KITSCH will use the first of them and ignore the other. | | | It is also not possible to specify that specific branch lengths of a user tree be retained when it is read into KITSCH, unless all of them are present. |
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http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/doc/kitsch.html
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| | Roadside America -- Kitsch as Kitsch Can at South of the Border |
| | This kitsch as kitsch can destination is as old as the state of Israel having its humble beginnings in l949 when Alan Schafer built a 18' X 36' beer stand adjacent to North Carolina's dry counties. | | | The kitsch campus boasts its own fire department and a bridge for pedestrian's safe passage across busy route 301/501. | | | NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER, USA - The orange and yellow billboards with the cartoon character in the Mexican Sombrero begin on I-95 before Baltimore. |
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http://www.fabuloustravel.com/usa/sotb/sotb.html
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| | www.myspace.com/kitschband |
| | you guys have no idea how much i miss kitsch. | | | damnit fuck guys i knew it would happen once i left, mick cut his fro and got infected again, and you never dedicated a song to ge fucked up mapteds the only tru thug in kitsch | | | i want so badly to hear new songs from kitsch |
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http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=14626862&Mytoken=20050430220124
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| | Salon.com News The kitschification of Sept. 11 |
| | Through kitsch, we avert our eyes from tragedy, transforming the unspeakable ugliness of diseases, accidents and wars into something poetic and noble, into pat stories whose happy endings offer enduring lessons in courage and resilience. | | | Does an event as catastrophic as this one require the rhetoric of kitsch to make it less horrendous? | | | Perhaps saccharine images of sobbing Statues of Liberty and posters that announce "we will never forget when the Eagle cried" make the incident more palatable, more "aesthetic" in a sense, decorated with the mortician’s reassuringly familiar stock-in-trade. |
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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/01/25/kitsch/index_np.html
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| | Vintage Kitsch Collectibles Retro Home Decor |
| | Some define kitsch as items that are in such bad taste that they are amusing. | | | Kitsch is "something so frivolous, weird or different that it becomes fascinating". | | | CollectorFever.com features funky kitsch items from the past that make you smile! |
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http://www.collectorfever.com/kitsch.htm
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| | Welcome To Kthulhu Kitsch! |
| | The furiously fuggly card game, produced through Eos Press and Pagan Publishing, is now available through Kthulhu Kitsch. | | | Welcome to Kthulhu Kitsch, a Seattle-based online retailer dedicated to producing and selling nifty items of Lovecraftia. | | | In order to offer more selection for Mythos shoppers, we have started a new section on our site for books and games. |
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http://www.kthulhukitsch.com
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| | Kitsch'n on Roscoe in Chicago - metromix.com |
| | This Roscoe Village diner specializes in kitsch, from the Mr. | | | Select the type of place you're looking for and the radius (in miles) and click 'Go'. |
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http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/search/32845,0,1080975.venue
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| | New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock PA-PF |
| | A few of the synthesizer sounds used and the occasionally heard electronic toms suffer from the mid-1980's kitsch syndrome and things are not helped by the mix that rarely finds a proper balance between instruments. | | | Musically, however, this is top-notch classical symphonic rock where themes are reprised and developed even as new melodic material is introduced, creating an effective symphonic montage. | | | Her voice moulds itself quite readily to the melodic contour typical of many Japanese symphonic bands: stately and gliding on the one hand, rascal and child-like on the other. |
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| | Aspen Country - White Elephant Gifts, White Elephant Gift Ideas, Kitsch Gifts Exchange |
| | Aspencountry.com specializes in unique, fine quality, yet affordable gifts and unusual novelty items for hard to shop for people and special occasions. | | | In any case, the main objective of a White Elephant Gift Exchange is for everyone to have fun! | | | More Campy, Kitsch, Tasteless Gifts and Unique Gifts |
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http://www.aspencountry.com/aspen/assets/product_images/unusual.html
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| | Kitsch-U-Like: Retro Gifts and Novelties |
| | Come online shopping for kitsch novelties and gifts from our store in Exeter, Devon, UK - we offer you loads of products featuring Elvis Presley, Bettie (Betty) Page, Playboy, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and even 1980s retro goodies, novelties and collectables! | | | Welcome to the resplendent world of Kitsch-U-Like, where bad taste is good taste. | | | Please telephone the Kitsch-U-Like shop on 01392 255200 if you wish to make an order enquiry directly. |
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http://www.kitschulike.com
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| | The Kitsch - Catherine A. Lugg - Microsoft Reader eBook |
| | The eBook club is continually growing with more eBooks added frequently. | | | Restrictions: No printing, No copy and paste (More Details) | | | Home > eBook Categories > Education > Education > Microsoft Reader eBooks > Catherine A. Lugg > The Kitsch |
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| | KiKi's Kitsch Corner |
| | So please feel free to peruse the shop and email me at kiki@kikiskc.com if you find something you like. | | | © All content copyright 2004 - KiKi's Kitsch Corner - All Rights Reserved. |
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| | eBay.co.uk Shop - bibblybobs: Kitsch: |
| | ULTIMATE INTERIORS - KITSCH GIFTS - DESIGN LED GIFTS - GADGETS - ACCESSORIES / JEWELLERY - VERY VERY SILLY GIFTS Unleash your mind and break the boredom!!!!!!!!!!!! | | | Seduce your senses with a truly unique shopping experience guaranteed to excite and delight! |
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