Hip hop is still fundamentally an art form that traffics in hyperbole, parody, kitsch, dramatic license, double entendres, signification, and other literary and artistic conventions to get its point across.

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In the annals of modern art, Klimt is the go-to source for kitsch.

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It was industry during the rise of industrial America and capital of kitsch when American culture doubled over on itself and turned pop quotation into art.

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Call it kitsch, call it whatever you like, but I think this attire is superb, spontaneous, pure art.

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