How the Kitsch Questionnaire Helps Kitschmen and Artists Clarify their Values

Jan-Ove Tuv sits down with Nic Thurman to talk about the difference between kitsch and art, focusing on the Kitsch Questionnaire developed by Öde and Bork Nerdrum (with contributions by Thurman).

Take the quiz here:
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Topics from the conversation:
• The Kitsch Questionnaire wakes people up
• Improving upon nature vs. everyday concerns
• Is a great work made with joy?
• Clarify your values!
• Embracing the richness of life
• A great painting can make you a better person
• Comedy or tragedy?
• Sensual enjoyment is the kitsch experience
• Drama - or like it actually happened
• Is talent given by birth?
• There are objective standards

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The conversation was filmed and edited by Bork S. Nerdrum.
The centerpiece was a 19th century reproduction of G. F. Watts' Hope.

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