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Tiki Pop
Copertina rigida, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.14 lb, 640 pagine25Edizione: Francese, Inglese, Tedesco Disponibilità: DisponibileDive into one of the most colorful pop culture phenomena of mid-century America. In this handy edition gathering hundreds of images and ephemera, urban archaeologist Sven Kirsten takes us on a journey through Tiki history, from the first Pacific island exploration to Hollywood jungle fantasies and elaborate temples built to celebrate Tiki as the god of recreation.
Tiki Pop
25Polynesian Pop
How Tiki became an American dream
Urban islands and bamboo hideaways set the stage for a pop culture phenomenon like no other. In mid-century America, the imaginative appeal of Tiki penetrated fashion, music, eating, drinking, and architecture.
In handy Bibliotheca Universalis format, Tiki Pop traces the development of Tiki as romantic vision and cultural appropriation. Follow Tiki from James Cook's first Pacific Island expeditions, through Gauguin's exotic paintings, Hollywood jungle fantasies, and elaborate temples erected to celebrate Tiki as the god of recreation. With hundreds of images, Tiki the pop icon unfolds from its earliest, enthusiastic beginnings to its spectacular downfall in the dawning awareness of the Western world’s colonial misdeeds.
This book is the culmination of the extensive research of Sven Kirsten, urban archaeologist, Tiki sage, and author of earlier TASCHEN investigations, The Book of Tiki and Tiki Modern, which first recovered the figure of Tiki from obscurity. In his widely lauded graphic style, Kirsten places venerable ancient godheads next to their Polynesian pop counterparts, movie posters next to matchboxes, comic strips next to Robinson Crusoe illustrations. The result is at once a visual feast, a piece of cultural history, and a tribute to a very particular vision of paradise.
In handy Bibliotheca Universalis format, Tiki Pop traces the development of Tiki as romantic vision and cultural appropriation. Follow Tiki from James Cook's first Pacific Island expeditions, through Gauguin's exotic paintings, Hollywood jungle fantasies, and elaborate temples erected to celebrate Tiki as the god of recreation. With hundreds of images, Tiki the pop icon unfolds from its earliest, enthusiastic beginnings to its spectacular downfall in the dawning awareness of the Western world’s colonial misdeeds.
This book is the culmination of the extensive research of Sven Kirsten, urban archaeologist, Tiki sage, and author of earlier TASCHEN investigations, The Book of Tiki and Tiki Modern, which first recovered the figure of Tiki from obscurity. In his widely lauded graphic style, Kirsten places venerable ancient godheads next to their Polynesian pop counterparts, movie posters next to matchboxes, comic strips next to Robinson Crusoe illustrations. The result is at once a visual feast, a piece of cultural history, and a tribute to a very particular vision of paradise.
L'autore
Sven Kirsten è stato concepito in un punto non precisato della tratta Amburgo-Chicago. Seguendo il richiamo del vasto mondo, all’età di 25 anni si è trasferito in California. Dopo gli studi all’American Film Institute di Los Angeles ha iniziato a lavorare come regista di videoclip verso la fine degli anni ’80 per i Cramps, Tom Waits, Sergio Mendes e tanti altri. Dopo anni trascorsi a collezionare pezzi del puzzle “Polynesian Pop”, Kirsten ha sviluppato una singolare conoscenza del culto di Tiki, divenendo a tutti gli effetti il più eminente archeologo Tiki del paese.
Tiki Pop
Copertina rigida, 14 x 19.5 cm, 0.97 kg, 640 pagineISBN 978-3-8365-8154-7
Edizione: Francese, Inglese, Tedesco5
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27 ottobre 2021
Un compendio genial sobre la cultura pop Tiki. Con infinidad de imágenes que evocan la cultura Tiki de los 50s. Genial.Muy entretenido
27 ottobre 2021
Un compendio genial sobre la cultura pop Tiki. Con infinidad de imágenes que evocan la cultura Tiki de los 50s. Genial.