Waikiki Tiki: Art, History and Photographs is a contemporary, landscape-styled book that offers a pictorial documentation of the past and present of tiki (and related art forms) throughout Waikiki as well as Hawaii's island of Oahu. This book displays original photographs that document the tiki art culture scene that blossomed after WWII through its modern forms today. A great many of the images captured in these pages no longer exist in real life. Much of the ephmemera and archival material pictured reside only in the author's private collection.
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The effigies of the Hawaiian ancestors and their neighboring brothers have been studied, discussed and displayed in museums as valued cultural heirlooms for over a century. In the meantime, their populist likenesses were marginalized as tourist art, neglected and forgotten. It is time that 20th Century Tiki gets recognized as unique art form that had its own time, place and meaning for a different, new generation of islanders and visitors from all cultures. Waikiki Tiki makes an essential contribution to the appreciation of this Polynesian pop culture. Sven Kirsten Author of "he Book of Tiki and Tiki Modern --Sven Kirsten
Waikiki Tiki is a fascinating and richly illustrated portrait of how the new incarnation of tiki--forever changed by its appropriation into mainland pop culture--has triumphantly returned to its homeland to inspire, entertain, and educate generations of kama'aina and haole alike. - James Teitelbaum Author of Tiki Road Trip, and Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture --James Teitelbaum
One would think that finding Tikis in the tourist capital Waikiki would be like shooting fish in a barrel. This is not the case. It takes the kind of passion and perseverance that Phillip Roberts has to unearth the evidence of Tiki's rise, fall, and rise again in Hawaii. On first visit to Waikiki with my wife on our honeymoon, we'd just been married in an old mainland Tiki bar, we thought we'd find Tikis at every turn. During our visit, and on subsequent trips, we only managed to find traces of Tiki's heyday. But with Phillip's thorough research, this book gives a fuller, clearer picture of Tiki's history and newfound popularity on the island. - Duke Carter Author of Tiki Quest: Collecting the Exotic Past. --Duke Carter
--Duke Carter
--Duke Carter
Waikiki Tiki is a fascinating and richly illustrated portrait of how the new incarnation of tiki--forever changed by its appropriation into mainland pop culture--has triumphantly returned to its homeland to inspire, entertain, and educate generations of kama'aina and haole alike. - James Teitelbaum Author of Tiki Road Trip, and Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture --James Teitelbaum
One would think that finding Tikis in the tourist capital Waikiki would be like shooting fish in a barrel. This is not the case. It takes the kind of passion and perseverance that Phillip Roberts has to unearth the evidence of Tiki's rise, fall, and rise again in Hawaii. On first visit to Waikiki with my wife on our honeymoon, we'd just been married in an old mainland Tiki bar, we thought we'd find Tikis at every turn. During our visit, and on subsequent trips, we only managed to find traces of Tiki's heyday. But with Phillip's thorough research, this book gives a fuller, clearer picture of Tiki's history and newfound popularity on the island. - Duke Carter Author of Tiki Quest: Collecting the Exotic Past. --Duke Carter
Waikiki Tiki is a fascinating and richly illustrated portrait of how the new incarnation of tiki--forever changed by its appropriation into mainland pop culture--has triumphantly returned to its homeland to inspire, entertain, and educate generations of kama'aina and haole alike. - James Teitelbaum Author of Tiki Road Trip, and Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture --James Teitelbaum
One would think that finding Tikis in the tourist capital Waikiki would be like shooting fish in a barrel. This is not the case. It takes the kind of passion and perseverance that Phillip Roberts has to unearth the evidence of Tiki's rise, fall, and rise again in Hawaii. On first visit to Waikiki with my wife on our honeymoon, we'd just been married in an old mainland Tiki bar, we thought we'd find Tikis at every turn. During our visit, and on subsequent trips, we only managed to find traces of Tiki's heyday. But with Phillip's thorough research, this book gives a fuller, clearer picture of Tiki's history and newfound popularity on the island. - Duke Carter Author of Tiki Quest: Collecting the Exotic Past. --Duke Carter
--Duke Carter
--Duke Carter
Waikiki Tiki is a fascinating and richly illustrated portrait of how the new incarnation of tiki--forever changed by its appropriation into mainland pop culture--has triumphantly returned to its homeland to inspire, entertain, and educate generations of kama'aina and haole alike. - James Teitelbaum Author of Tiki Road Trip, and Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture --James Teitelbaum
One would think that finding Tikis in the tourist capital Waikiki would be like shooting fish in a barrel. This is not the case. It takes the kind of passion and perseverance that Phillip Roberts has to unearth the evidence of Tiki's rise, fall, and rise again in Hawaii. On first visit to Waikiki with my wife on our honeymoon, we'd just been married in an old mainland Tiki bar, we thought we'd find Tikis at every turn. During our visit, and on subsequent trips, we only managed to find traces of Tiki's heyday. But with Phillip's thorough research, this book gives a fuller, clearer picture of Tiki's history and newfound popularity on the island. - Duke Carter Author of Tiki Quest: Collecting the Exotic Past. --Duke Carter
About the Author
Phillip S. Roberts is a former radio air personality in Hawaii and currently works as a freelance writer and photographer. He is an avid tiki researcher, documentarian, and collector.
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Phillip S. Roberts is a former radio air personality in Hawaii and currently works as a freelance writer and photographer. He is an avid tiki researcher, documentarian, and collector.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By JOHN-O
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book for both the hard-core Tikiphile as well as anyone who has an interest in Hawaii's mid-century history. Tiki-style has been well documented from a mainland perspective but not so much from Hawaii. The fascinating thing about Tiki is that it started in California as an "idealization" of Polynesian paradise (credit Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic). When jet travel became popular in the late 1950's, tourists were disappointed to find that same "native" iconography really didn't exist. So what happened, Hawaii imported that fabricated aesthetic back to the islands.
As a result a very unique tourist industry sprouted up in Waikiki. This is the classic ideal of a Hawaiian vacation in the 1950's and 1960's. So much of it has been lost with all of the rapid development which took off in the 1970's and is still with us today. The author documents that lost history but also points out what still exists today.
Hawaii is a birthplace of original native Tiki art, and it's fascinating to see how that same art form inspired a new Tiki-style on the mainland which came back to Hawaii full circle.
As a result a very unique tourist industry sprouted up in Waikiki. This is the classic ideal of a Hawaiian vacation in the 1950's and 1960's. So much of it has been lost with all of the rapid development which took off in the 1970's and is still with us today. The author documents that lost history but also points out what still exists today.
Hawaii is a birthplace of original native Tiki art, and it's fascinating to see how that same art form inspired a new Tiki-style on the mainland which came back to Hawaii full circle.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Tony Arnold
Format:Hardcover
While most tikiphiles like myself would agree that any Tiki culture book is better than none, I say that with some reserve about this title: not because of the focus or the text, but on account of about 25% of the photos. Any space devoted to the latter-day plastic abominations that are foisted off on the unknowing public by chains such as Big Lots and Party City is wasted space, and there is too much of that to be found here. Granted, author Roberts states up-front that he's just reporting on the history and state of Tiki in this particular locale; good, bad or ugly, but that's not how I would've preferred it. Who cares about the bad? We can reference internet photos of plastic party decorations if that's what we're in the mood for, or just pop in to any one of most tourist destinations touting themselves as "tiki bars."
The real shame is that we're given such slim exposure to living sculptors like Mike "Gecko" Soriolle: undoubtedly the best living Tiki artist in the islands, and one of the world's best. It's real artists like Gecko who so successfully integrate traditional elements of Polynesian Pop into their own unique idiom who need and deserve more exposure, not the cartoon clown totems that are peddled to the great unwashed.
By all means purchase this book and fill out your Tiki shelf: support the author's work and more like it. Hopefully, the next edition will give these deserving artists the pre-eminence that's coming to them.
The real shame is that we're given such slim exposure to living sculptors like Mike "Gecko" Soriolle: undoubtedly the best living Tiki artist in the islands, and one of the world's best. It's real artists like Gecko who so successfully integrate traditional elements of Polynesian Pop into their own unique idiom who need and deserve more exposure, not the cartoon clown totems that are peddled to the great unwashed.
By all means purchase this book and fill out your Tiki shelf: support the author's work and more like it. Hopefully, the next edition will give these deserving artists the pre-eminence that's coming to them.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By debitiki
Format:Hardcover
I recieved this book from a good friend as a birthday gift and was very happy to get it .... I collect tiki's and hawaiiana, and this was a welcome addition to my collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A fresh look at one of Polynesia's adored treasures!
A must-read for anyone interested in a fresh and modern perspective of Polynesia.
In "Waikiki Tiki," author-photographer Phillip Roberts invites us on a whimsical... Read more
In "Waikiki Tiki," author-photographer Phillip Roberts invites us on a whimsical... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Judy Asman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cool book!
Well-researched and full of great pics. Another great addition to the bookshelf for this tiki enthusiast and recommended to all other tikiphiles.
Published 9 months ago by M. Ryan Fink
5.0 out of 5 stars
Book is very small but I recommend!
Extremely small, but loaded with many great photos I have not seen before. So, as a tiki book for tikiphile I highly recommend!
Published 22 months ago by Tony
4.0 out of 5 stars
Okay, grab the luggage. We're going.
An immensely informative collection of pictures, stories, and history of the Ki'i - turned Tiki - of the Hawaiian Islands and the culture it subsequently sparked. Read more
Published on February 6, 2011 by Jason Eldredge
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Waikiki Tiki is fun and loaded!
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Published on December 24, 2010 by Mahalo Michael
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Tiki tripping through Wakiki
This book is a must read for everyone who loves Hawaii and Hawaiian culture. Hard core Tiki fans will be especially interested in the rare out of the way Tiki's the author leads us... Read more
Published on November 26, 2010 by Kon Tiki
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FabulousFabulousFabulous
This is my kind of book; just the right size, well built with a hard cover and quality binding, chocked full of awesome pictures and knowledgeable captions. Great job... Read more
Published on November 25, 2010 by Marlene Cross
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Waikiki Tiki - a great addition to my collection!
I waited impatiently for Waikiki Tiki to be released & it was well worth the wait!
This gorgeous book is chock full of wonderful pictures that I've never seen anywhere before... Read more
This gorgeous book is chock full of wonderful pictures that I've never seen anywhere before... Read more
Published on November 14, 2010 by Roger D Wilcox
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