Kitsch or cool?  

House Numbers #2
Better?
http://www.westonletters.com/?catID=23&file=index.php

Own?
WHC--no, I don't own any of them, but I think you might be appalled at some things I do own! 😉

Googie architecture
Isn't there anything about Witco if you search under "Googie Architecture"? I thought they went hand in hand. You're right, tho, it's so L.A.

or just stoopid?
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boy
that makes me shiver.

Rubber chicken
Am I the only one that thought the llama was a rubber chicken?
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Ha...now that you...
Ha...now that you mention...yes
The thing about the Llama...it's folky. It can't be seen through modern eyes. Same that modern can't be seen through folk eyes. When viewed within the intended context...it makes sense.

Barry
..."I like half of the Witco pieces...isn't it a shame nothing's been written about the company?"
Check out "Tiki Modern... and the wild world of Witco".
http://www.amazon.com/Tiki-Modern-Sven-Kirsten/dp/3822847178/ref=pd_bbs_...

The thing about the...
The thing about the Llama...it's folky. It can't be seen through modern eyes. Same that modern can't be seen through folk eyes. When viewed within the intended context...it makes sense.
Tell that to Alexander Girard!

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African sculpture: modern
Carved folk animals: kitsch
go figure. . .

Folk Art is good.
African sculpture is good.
Everything made by "Witco", however, is very, VERY bad.
Doesn't everyone tire of kitsch by the time they've reached their mid-twenties? You start out embracing this rubbish out of a perverse sense of superiority (how many times have I heard the tired hipster refrain, "It's so bad it's good! I love it!"), but in time your taste becomes so corrupted that you can no longer discern what's actually good.

Beg to differ
I'm sorry, but I'll take the llama.
http://cgi.ebay.com/15inch-Phallic-Tribal-Art-Wood-Statue-NUDE-sculpture...

Whitespike
I think Girard...
Whitespike
I think Girard did modern primitivism. Inspired or directly influenced by "folky" design of ages past and reapplied them into a modern language.
Danish modern is another example of that. Traditional...even french, but distinctly modern.
Sinuous forms of Kagan...
Eames, Nelson, Wright...inspired by Japan
on and on
But when we isolate folk and modern... I think it can become jarring when the two present themselves independently.

opinion
It's my birthday, so I just treated myself with this. Kitsch or cool?