Een hartverwarmend tafereeltje
Thomas Kinkade, wie kent hem niet, misschien wel de meest verkochte kunstenaar ter wereld.
Want, zo schrijft de Guardian:
“Kinkade’s luridly idyllic landscapes, full of quaint cottages and glowing firelight, already hang in an estimated one in 20 US homes.”
Thomas Kinkade is een echte kunstenaar:
“he has been accused of sexual harassment, fraudulent business practices and bizarre incidents of drunkenness including a habit of “ritual territory marking” that involves urinating in public places.”
In de vanity fair van 2008, pakkende kop “Thomas Kinkade’s 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck”
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/11/14/thomas-kincades-16-guidelines-for-making-stuff-suck.html
“The art world has never exactly embraced Kinkade, though in the last 16 years his company and its partners have reportedly made more than $4 billion selling his signature renderings of idyllic settings, which employ diffuse light sources, aggressive pastels, and a domineering religious worldview.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/18/MNJ11893SP.DTL