The death of artist Vladimir Tretchikoff has kicked off another round of discussions/arguments about whether his work was ‘real’ art or just kitsch commercial product.
I do know that we had a copy of the green lady (real name Chinese Girl) on the wall when I was a kid in the 60s, so I have some nostalgic affection for it.
The best thing about the whole debate is that it prompted Brian Sewell to come up with the quote of the week in an article on the BBC website. Its a classic, on a par with the famous Fawlty Towers jokeless punchline “Pretentious? Moi?” I think it works even if you have never heard Sewell speaking in his terribly affected posh accent, which Paul Merton once described as making the Queen sound rough.
Anyway, the quote in question is:
Nobody could be less elitist than I
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