den store Tiki Pop boka til Sven Kirsten (2014)

Published in connection with an exhibition at the prestigious Musee du quai Branly in Paris, this history of Tiki from urban archaeologist Sven Kirsten explores one of the most colorful pop culture phenomena of mid-century America. Through hundreds of previously unpublished images and ephemera, trace the Tiki trend from the first Pacific island...

About the Author

Sven Kirsten was conceived on a freighter of his grandfather's Hamburg-Chicago Line. Following the call of the big world, he moved to California at the age of 25. Kirsten studied at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and began shooting music videos in the late 1980s for The Cramps, Tom Waits, Sergio Mendes and others. After years of hunting down pieces of the puzzle of Polynesian Pop, Kirsten has developed a singular insight into the Cult of Tiki and has become the country's most eminent Tiki archaeologist.

Product details

ASIN : 3836548518

Publisher : Taschen GmbH; Illustrated edition (25 Jun. 2014)

Language : English

Hardcover : 383 pages

ISBN-10 : 9783836548519

ISBN-13 : 978-3836548519

Dimensions : 25.4 x 4.45 x 33.02 cm