Description: This is a Vintage 1990s PHOTO of a BOSKO TIKI MUG PARTY with OTTO VON STOHIEM and other TIKI PARTY GUESTS all showing off their CLASSIC BOSKO TIKI MUGS Even if you knew nothing at all about artist Bosko Hrnjak, you could glean a pretty good sense of who the man is and what he cares about just by taking a look around his ample — and amply adorned — property at the edge of Escondido. After you pass the (usually closed) gate with its warning signs, you’ll find yourself amidst an array of exotic plants, curated rocks, a miscellany of antiques, half-planted ceramic shards, and some large-scale outdoor art installations, all set against a ruggedly beautiful mountain backdrop. There are numerous studio and shop spaces; mellow exotica music drifts out of one of them. And you will certainly notice the impressive A-frame hut in which he and his wife, musician Truus de Groot, were married about two decades ago. His estate notwithstanding, Bosko is most famous for his work as a Tiki artist. He is one of the small handful of people chiefly responsible for the revival of what his friend, writer Sven Kirsten, has dubbed “Polynesian Pop” — midcentury America’s creative reimagining of island leisure paradises. Legions of bars, restaurants, hotels, bowling alleys, and apartment buildings were created in the style during its heyday, only to disappear swiftly after the aesthetic tide turned. Bosko spent his earliest years in LA’s San Gabriel Valley; the time there put him on intimate terms with some of the ruins of the region’s Tiki dream world. And it left a permanent impression that he has been drawing from ever since. His signature contribution to the Tiki revival has been twofold: he was the first artist in decades to carve wooden Tiki figures, and also to make the elaborate ceramic mugs that are meant to hold tropical cocktails. He saw the latter as an overlooked art form all its own. More privately, he created his own home Tiki bar, the extremely cool Kapu Tiki Room, which stands here in his yard— “a museum, an homage to the first movement.” Standard Size PHOTO is in good condition - please see pics PHOTO is about 4 x 6
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Location: Kailua Kona, Hawaii
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