great - I like your view of the subject, something I had always maintained, but you said it best. Do you know that Odd Nerdrum and his followers are proudly labeling themselves as "Kitsch" and are even offended if you call them artists - because of what passes these days as "art". A friend of mine is Boris Koller, friend and former student of Odd Nerdrum, who fiercely proclaims his work as kitsch. He is on Facebook, you might have some interesting conversations with him on the subject.