Kitsch, Pop, and Democratic Art

About this Episode

Jake and Phil discuss Clement Greenberg's 1939 "Kitsch and the Avant-Garde" alongside Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" and Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"

The Manifesto:
Clement Greenberg, "Avant-Garde and Kitsch"
https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1606923282/slcschoolsorg/wumlyaskvhhzawsvbbzc/Avant-GardeandKitsch.pdf

The Art:
Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNoKguSdy4Y

Leonard Cohen, "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWZo7UmCbBc