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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 3, 2002 11:13 AM Ken- That larger scale recognition won't happen before the book is out. With it you will have something in your hands that shows the amazing QUANTITY of Bill's work, which is more convincing than single pieces. It will be hard to convey that coherently (that is actually the brunt of my work I am doing right now) before. Hardly anybody (outside lounge circles) understood the appeal of Tiki until my book surprised them with the amount and variety of creative output that was Tiki inspired. Publishers did not get it by showing them my raw materials, they wanted to see the finished book. The lack of imagination was frustrating. Another problem is that today's pop culture is so fragmented, split up into many mini cults, it sometimes seems there is no MASS appeal anymore. The best chance for Bill's work is to find appreciation is with A.) the Tiki crowd, and B.) the 50s modern fans, which are often, but not allways the same. His modern abstract paintings from the 50s to the 70s could make a good show when cross-referenced to some of his WITCO stuff, but I am sorry to say, (because I know he is very fond of them), his Marine and Yacht artworks won't find any interest in that group. I will try to have as many of his mod paintings in the book as possible, because they show his talent for abstract modernism which than came to blossom in his WITCO work. It's been a long time for Bill to get his work recognized, I think it's better to wait a little longer til the book is out and hopefully will get some media attention. Once you are published, suddenly people think "Oh, this guy must have something to him..."

Ken-
That larger scale recognition won't happen before the book is out. With it you will have something in your hands that shows the amazing QUANTITY of Bill's work, which is more convincing than single pieces. It will be hard to convey that coherently (that is actually the brunt of my work I am doing right now) before.
Hardly anybody (outside lounge circles) understood the appeal of Tiki until my book surprised them with the amount and variety of creative output that was Tiki inspired. Publishers did not get it by showing them my raw materials, they wanted to see the finished book. The lack of imagination was frustrating.

Another problem is that today's pop culture is so fragmented, split up into many mini cults, it sometimes seems there is no MASS appeal anymore. The best chance for Bill's work is to find appreciation is with A.) the Tiki crowd, and B.) the 50s modern fans, which are often, but not allways the same. His modern abstract paintings from the 50s to the 70s could make a good show when cross-referenced to some of his WITCO stuff, but I am sorry to say, (because I know he is very fond of them), his Marine and Yacht artworks won't find any interest in that group. I will try to have as many of his mod paintings in the book as possible, because they show his talent for abstract modernism which than came to blossom in his WITCO work.

It's been a long time for Bill to get his work recognized, I think it's better to wait a little longer til the book is out and hopefully will get some media attention. Once you are published, suddenly people think "Oh, this guy must have something to him..."

Post #3255 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jul 3, 2002 11:13 AM