Into the Aura: Through the Lens of Kitsch

Tacky, gaudy, pre-packaged, vulgar: what is the place of kitsch in the avant-garde? In this episode, we continue our conversation about commodity culture by focusing on two artists whose work is inextricable from the category of kitsch—Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. This episode is presented by Sharlene Deng, Dana Zeng, Yavya Jain, and Erica Yun.