BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – A museum showcasing Romanian kitsch items has opened in the country’s capital.
The 215 exhibits include a flat-screen TV with flickering flames imitating an open fireplace, a cushion that looks like a one-euro coin, and of course a life-size Dracula, Romania’s national brand.
The first exhibit you see upon entering the museum is a copy of Michelangelo’s world-famous statue of David. But that’s the only reference to classical art in this space devoted to kitsch.
The statue, a miniature copy of the 16th-century century sculpture, wears a gaudy gilt necklace with a large U.S. dollar pendant and stands on a sequined cloth, setting the tone for visitors to the Romanian Kitsch Museum.
Some objects are Romanian retro such as glass fish that adorned television sets in the communist era.