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Post by sleepboy on Jan 16, 2009 18:31:48 GMT -8
Hm... I guess I kinda missed this story I know there was some controversy but can't believe the french let him do this to versailles...not sure it was a good idea. Makes for good pics though.  |
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Post by eze on Jan 16, 2009 19:52:45 GMT -8
I think there were a lot of complaints from the French when they first announced it. What a contrast that is in the pic.
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Post by droow2 on Jan 17, 2009 6:35:40 GMT -8
I absolutely love it!! It makes me want to put grubby handprints on it  |
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 8, 2009 13:07:13 GMT -8
Haven't seen this cool sculpture before although I'm not familiar with his work.  Just sold at auction within estimates. Stacked (1988) by Jeff Koons; Sold for £2,841,250 ($4,136,939) against estimates of £2,200,000 - £3,200,000 ($3,215,434 - $4,676,995). Sadly, even with the down market, it has not dropped into my price range and never will, barring a nuclear war. |
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 16, 2009 17:12:38 GMT -8
Never heard this guy talk before. A pretty insightful video actually. He has SO MANY people working for him...
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Post by ahertel on Apr 29, 2009 15:06:46 GMT -8
Interesting to hear Koons say "we" when talking about the work. For some reason I never expected him to acknowledge the work that his army of artists do for him.
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Post by sleepboy on Nov 16, 2009 23:21:42 GMT -8
Posted up some pics from his show at the Gagosian for those interested.    |
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Post by sleepboy on Dec 16, 2009 22:39:22 GMT -8
Book signing tomorrow night at the Gagosian (NY) 12/17  |
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Post by sleepboy on Jan 8, 2010 10:33:50 GMT -8
An interesting insider's account of working with Jeff Koons. Something positive amid the negative press he gets. Some excerpts: "Koons had a sixth sense about materials no one had invented and about ways to use them no one had conceived. Laser-cut stainless steel coated with a transparent hologram finish? Most of his requests seemed impossible at the outset, and satisfying them was like a competitive sport. I learned to love defying the odds. The words “no” and “It doesn’t exist” or “It’ll never work” became an inspiration to me." 'My desk was beneath the 10-foot-high scale model of Balloon Dog. I had a Macintosh computer, a telephone, and the Yellow Pages with which to do my research. I also served as liaison between Koons and his dealers, collectors, curators, and editors. I kept his catalogue raisonné, library, and bibliography current. I arranged interviews and reproduction permissions and did my best to fulfill Koons’s unique demands: He told me to find 70,000 live flowering plants for Puppy at the opening of the Guggenheim Bilbao. He told me to find a fabricator for an inflatable edition he did with Parkett. He told me to find the discontinued Little Tikes toys that had inspired his Split-Rocker. When I suggested it might not be possible to procure spare pieces of black trim for his "Equilibrium Tanks" because the manufacturer had gone out of business, he gave me a withering glance. "They must have done something with all their leftover stock, Samantha." He was right. I found extra trim in Canada.' |
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 6, 2010 17:44:13 GMT -8
Looks like Koons will be the 17th artist to design the BMW Art Car. He opened up his studio during that announcement.    |
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Post by sleepboy on Feb 27, 2010 7:43:03 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Mar 8, 2010 10:42:07 GMT -8
Koons curated a show at the New Museum called "Skin Fruit"
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Post by sleepboy on Apr 7, 2010 12:56:15 GMT -8
His design for the BMW Art Car.  |
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Post by sleepboy on Jun 2, 2010 10:55:33 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Jul 4, 2010 6:08:50 GMT -8
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Post by sleepboy on Jul 9, 2010 10:41:00 GMT -8
Some hospital decorating for the kids...   |
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Post by gildoinc on Jul 10, 2010 13:06:27 GMT -8
Thanks for posting this sleep. I thought this Koons/RxArt collab was absolutely inspiring.
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Post by danielmiz on Sept 1, 2010 13:57:35 GMT -8
I’ve been a fan of Jeff Koons’ for a long time but always wondered about his appropriation of copyrighted material – you can’t be more blatant with his Popeye series even titling some of his paintings with the Popeye name. I love the paintings but is this legal? Does he pay a royalty to the trademark holders of Popeye or is this a case of it’s ok until someone tries to legally enforce the issue?
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Post by sleepboy on Sept 21, 2010 9:46:08 GMT -8
Olive Oyl makes an appearance at his Paris exhibition ( showthread).   |
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Post by The Gorgon on Sept 28, 2010 23:01:04 GMT -8
This is in response to SleepBoy's Tate Shots video.
I was reading the Hi-Fructose #12 interview with Todd Schorr a couple of months back and he mentioned how sometime in the future museum curators will finally realize that Jeff Koons isn't really an artist, because he didn't paint or sculpt any of the pieces in their museum, for he has an army of assistants that do all the work. I'm pretty sure I botched up the quote here. I promise to post the real quote some time.
I didn't realize was Todd Schorr was saying until I saw the Tate Shots video. I've seen several Koons paintings in person and was very impressed with the scale are realism of some of the images. I'm a little disappointed now after seeing the Tate Shots video.
Will Jeff Koons be remembered for being a pioneer for working with difficult materials and defying the odds or as truly an artist?
I see Mr. Schorr's argument now and consider him more of an artist than Koons. Schorr can spend up to 1.5 years to paint one canvas.
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Post by rsingletary on Feb 11, 2011 20:44:40 GMT -8
www.sfmoma.org/artwork/187#This link goes to: " Michael Jackson and Bubbles " 1988 by Jeff Koons. Porcelain/ceramic blend. Size: 42" height X 70.5" length X 32.5" depth. Edition: 3 ( plus one artist's proof ). Be sure to click 'ENLARGE' button for more detail. In the year 2001 Norwegian collector Hans Rasmus Astrup paid $5,600,000. for " Michael Jackson and Bubbles " 1988 by Jeff Koons....[ from the edition of 3 ]. Here's the link so you can see this sculpture in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art collection: NOTE: This great sculpture is the ultimate image for 'Lowbrow Pop Surrealism' !! ______________________________________________________ Signed: Robert Singletary__Friday February 11, 2011__11:44 P.M. (eastern standard time) USA
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Post by lowpro on Mar 26, 2011 3:42:07 GMT -8
Jeff Koons Must Die!!! video game?!
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Post by The Gorgon on May 10, 2011 20:18:07 GMT -8
"Pink Panther" by Jeff Koons only sells for $16M at recent Sotheby's auction (5/10/11), which is half of expected price. Is anyone else happy about this?  |
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Post by commandax on May 10, 2011 21:21:45 GMT -8
That's one of those great mysteries of life... I wouldn't buy it at a yard sale for $1.
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Post by The Gorgon on May 10, 2011 23:31:28 GMT -8
@amanda - right?
To expand my reply #19. One day museums around the world will wake up and realize that the emperor has no clothes. The only thing Koons touched is the concept of the piece. Everything else was executed by assistants. I understand Warhol did the same thing, and that he is super hot right now, but discarding the paint brush and mass producing paintings with assistants like a factory was part of his rebellion to the art world.
Doesn't anyone care about the touch of the artist's hand?
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