The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Fast Food Wrapper Torso

I recently came across this beauty from artist Michael Reddin hanging on a meat hook in the back of Ghettogloss art gallery on Melrose. Time...

December 19, 2009 by Mark Blackwell

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Bejeweled Triscuit Box

I took this dull, ordinary grocery item and gave it a rags-to-riches makeover. Now it’s ready to move from the pantry into its own luc...

December 14, 2009 by JLY

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DON’T FORGET TO EAT YOUR CABBAGE.

Cabbage Patch dolls were a mystery to me, why everyone had to “adopt” them. A weird concept to begin with. I’m sure this w...

December 13, 2009 by monica johnson

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Jellybean Ho Ho Ho

This is my latest jellybean art piece, “Jellybean Ho Ho Ho,” constructed especially for Ghettogloss Art Gallery’s December...

by Mark Blackwell

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Merry Kitschmas

Dear Allee, dear kitschy friends, what better way to celebrate Xmas than the kitsch way? I wish you all a Kitschy Xmas and a… well, sa...

by Gilles Snowcat

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Allee here – 12/12/09 at The Allee Willis Museum Of Kitsch

I’ve been meaning to write this post about new features here at The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch for weeks but I remain swamped under...

December 12, 2009 by Allee Willis

SARAH PALINS DEATH PANEL

This is another piece in the Sarah Palin series. In it she has assembled a death panel to make sure animals don’t live too long. Sever...

December 11, 2009 by monica johnson

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Sarah Palin Gets Out Of Dodge

Another piece in the Current Events series is Sarah Palin as she ditches her beloved Alaska to go rogue on the road with her book. She is fo...

December 2, 2009 by monica johnson

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SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT – Famzilla

The truth. It’s not Bridezilla who ruins the wedding pictures..Its famzilla. . Also see: – Bye Michael, Thanks For The Dance ...

November 30, 2009 by monica johnson

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Someone had to do it- THANK GOD THAT CLOCK HAS STOPPED TICKING

Octomom. altho in this case it Centipediamom..sleeps as the children frolic as odd neighbors look on. The piece, THANK GOD THAT CLOCK HAS ST...

November 29, 2009 by monica johnson

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THE MIRROR KNOWS NOTHING

DYSMORPHIC BODY IMAGE WHO KNOWS WHAT BEAUTY IS. CERTAINLY NOT THE MIRROR...

November 28, 2009 by monica johnson

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THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE. ALL WRAPPED UP

The Wraped Art pieces are done wrapping fabric around things like a spoon or any old thing whose shape inspires. RUN FOR THE ROSES is an ice...

November 27, 2009 by monica johnson

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SHH SHES READING AND DREAMING

I cant stop making these things Allee…im possessed..it all started last November when shrink changed my meds. i hope it doesnt turn ou...

November 26, 2009 by monica johnson

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JESUS SAVES ON SHOES

MY FIRST PIECE was called “JESUS SAVES ON SHOES”. It features a cabbage patch doll whose legs and arms are big because she suffe...

November 25, 2009 by monica johnson

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The ROUND GIRL series-TWO GIRLS ONE MASK, PICKING UP GUYS AT THE JEFFERSON BOWL and SELF PORTRAIT

The Round Girl series is done from round Christmas balls and various fabrics. The heads are from 1940’s fashion dolls whose eyes open ...

November 24, 2009 by monica johnson

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LOOKS ARE EVERYTHING

In this piece ,”DOES THIS RESTAURANT MAKE ME LOOK FAT”, Leg and Skel go out for dinner as they do many times. Altho Leg wants to...

November 23, 2009 by monica johnson

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BYE MICHAEL, THANKS FOR THE DANCE

Michael Jackson has left the stage, leaving the many people and animals who loved him and who he made dance grieve for happier days. They ar...

by monica johnson

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Jellybean Allee

Presented to Allee Willis on September 14, 2009 at Ghettogloss gallery upon the launch of The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch, this is my R...

September 26, 2009 by Mark Blackwell

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Jellybean Elvis

One night during the spring of 1994, while driving across the country in a move from the east coast to the west coast, I had a dream that I ...

by Mark Blackwell

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“Cher, A Pop-Culture Fairy Tale” by Lauren Duarte. 8th Page of Excerpts.

“On the day of the Academy Awards, Sonny had called Cher to say “I know you’re gonna win!”“And she did! When t...

September 23, 2009 by Lauren Duarte

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Cheezilla

In 1998 I came across an ad in Newsweek announcing that the National Dairy Association was hosting a nationwide cheese art competition. The ...

September 19, 2009 by Mark Blackwell

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