Kitsch /kɪtʃ/ is a term of German or Yiddish origin that has been used to categorize art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an existing style. The term is also used more loosely in referring to any art that is pretentious to the point of being in bad taste, and also commercially produced items that are considered trite or crass.
Because the word was brought into use as a response to a large amount of art in the 19th century where the aesthetic of art work was associated with a sense of exaggeratedsentimentality or melodrama, kitsch is most closely associated with art that is sentimental; however, it can be used to refer to any type of art that is deficient for similar reasons—whether it tries to appear sentimental, glamorous, theatrical, or creative, kitsch is said to be a gesture imitative of the superficial appearances of art. It is often said that kitsch relies on merely repeating convention and formula, lacking the sense of creativity and originality displayed in genuine art.


i don't see how calling somebody's art kitsch could ever be seen as positive. That pretentious sculpture asshole. Now i am worried that i dont want to be in the program, what if they are all like that. Oh you're beginning well then, your work is so kitsch, my work is is original. isn't that more kitsch than mine, thinking your work is soooo great? i am so not over this, because it has to do with my art, i am deeply wounded by the comment.