Though beloved by millions around the world, black velvet
paintings have too long been relegated to the shadowy
backrooms of art history. Black Velvet Masterpieces
celebrates the best and worst of this kitschy yet sought-
after artform, showcasing the most mind-blowing paintings
from the Velveteria museum, home to a rotating collection
of more than 1,200 crying Elvises, troubling clowns, naked
ladies, dogs playing poker, celebrity and presidential
portraits, black light psych-outs, and the just plain
weird. Complementing 300 reproductions of these tactile
masterpieces are a unique history of the medium tracing its
roots from ancient China and Japan through Victorian
England, the South Seas, Southeast Asia, and the Americas,
and a step-by-step exploration of the tricky art of
painting on this luxurious fabric.
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