signed first edition Hardcover
2014 · Koln
by Kirsten, Sven A.
Koln: Taschen, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed and dated by Sven Kirsten on the half-title. "Published in connection with an exhibition at the prestigious Musée du quai Branly in Paris, 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 With hundreds of previously unpublished images, Tiki the pop icon unfolds from its earliest, enthusiastic beginnings to its spectacular downfall in the dawning awareness of the Western world's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." Text in English and French. Quarto: 383 p. with a plethora of illustrations, most in color. Original brown cloth binding, with yellow titles. Mild bumping along the extremities; else very good or better in a clean and bright dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 76619)