I'm gonna be honest, I still don't understand how that video was even possible. Scarlett Johansson narrating?! Multiple Led Zeppelin songs?! Collectors! Artists! A Larry Gagosian interview!!! I know the MOCA is not some mom & pop operation but this is incredible. Anyway, great great stuff. I love Jeff Koons and I show this video to my students every year. Thank you for this beautiful and fun production.
The work of this man looks like is inspired from the modern art movements such as dada or even a little bit of pop art, in my opinion this man and his team are showing the main elements of the contemporary culture, based in the iconic objects which have marked one of more historical momentd and revive the art work with a new perspective, because at the end our contemporary perspective is chabging through the years.
"El arte de Jeff Koons es un arte de las superficies pulidas e impecables y de efecto inmediato. No ofrece nada que interpretar, que descifrar ni que pensar. Es un arte del 'me gusta'" (Byung Chul Han, La salvación de lo bello).
Koons' art is very interesting, all those colors, how they shine and the unexpected shapes, but at the same time makes me think what is art and what makes art being art
I believe that Jeffrey Koons' art is fresh and funny. I perceive it like looking at a mirror and seeing our current society. Contemporary art is a experience that makes it clear that art should not be reduced to a technique or to the recognition of a single person. My favourite one is the Play-Doh sculpture, the colors are bright, the texture is loyal and the shape is free.
Not only art, but also cosmetics, weapons, spacial aircraft, candy, mirrors, pets, sports, popcorn, ketchup, earrings, jewlery in general, books, non-online teachers, preachers, poker games... Maybe we could make the list exhaustive if that wasn't wasting valuable time we could use by doing social work. Somehow art is the scapegoat of people who could be volunteering but are instead commenting on the internet.
Probably, what he does is not as original as the art of another artists and he have had a lot of problems with copyright, but it has something that makes it unique. After all, art is about transmitting something, and somehow his works make you feel involved and part of the art work. I like that brilliant (reflective) characteristic of his work that reflects oneself and means that the art happens inside of you. Also his puppy made out of flowers gives to people a feeling of happiness and protection, and that, to me, is something wonderful.
At fist one might think that if he's not the one who actually does all of the work he shouldn't be credited for it, but we have to be honest and accept that without him all of these works of art wouldn't exist. We have this team of extremely talented people who ate in charge of the process of bringing it to life and make it real, but if he wasn't for him none of this would be possible. He's the mastermind behind it. His work is very aesthetically pleasing, however I think he's the perfect example that with money you can do and be almost anything you want.
The way in which he turns daily objects into pieces of art makes me think that I can do the same with daily situations which in some way affect life. I love the way he tries to give a different view of things and persuade people to do the same as he did.
I think, personally, that his work is very cool and actually it is my type of art because the fact in which he involves the participation of other people. In my opinion his work is to show and transmit to the public they can participate. I have a crazy idea that in the balloon dog’s exhibitions he tries to reflect the public what his art is and that thing he said “People must move to see the whole shapes of it, if they don’t move they won’t see nothing.”
I think Koons is an artist that is taking advantage of the hype his work has, which is not necessarily bad. he is indeed employing lots of people to help him out with his projects. He is a sort of an architect. I do not necessary like what he does, tho. Some of his pieces are, at best, eye-catching for me. I do not truly find a deeper meaning to his work, but I think he should exploit the hype.
Great vid Oscar, you captured his playful energy and his love for controversy very well in 8 and a half minutes, I've seen quite a few docs on Koons running over an hour that can't say that! 👍🏻
The materials and how he uses common objects as inspiration is pretty interesting. I must say that I consider clever that he proposes the idea but accomplish it with a team. It just shows how art has changed because now is not only individual but collective, however it keeps looking forward to a feelings explosion.
MMMM Is it art? i dont really know but i like his hobby he makes a really nice job with that objects, they transmit happiness and you feell like a child in a magic world.
Nowadays is kind of hard to understand how art works. People stand in the idea of criticising art we must know about art rules. In Jess Koons work perception of the viewers is everything on it. At first sight, we may not understand it, but when we know that we are the center of the work, we can play freely through it. With the gazing ball works, we are part of the paintings and sculptures; we feel as we were there since the artist concieved the idea.
So the style includes the representation of all types of materials, and the author creates a relationship between objects which were not intended for that, eventhough people buy his pieces having an expectation but I ignore what is the impact, I dont have enough to show about what is art for me but this seems to prove that there are hundreds of pieces expressing nothing and at the same time everything for some others, that is art for me. Not the real object but what you have inside so you get the meaning in many ways .
My relationship with Jeff Koons is very strange. I agree with his idea of finding beauty on simple, not fancy objects, and I see how his elements of choice could have been seen as brave and bold when he was a nobody. But now it seems to me he just lacks focus and his ideals are all over the place. For someone who makes unusual art he sure loves mainstream media a lot. His Michael Jackson piece is definitely one of my least favourites. Reading how much Koons idolised the singer for his enormous dedication to appealing to as much people as possible and being the biggest entertainer in the world left a sour taste in my mouth. Leaves to wonder how much he has dedicated to becoming such a big name in art today.
Jeff Koons' art seems to be so common that I think he is actually quite original, although it feels a bit disappointing the fact that he does not work on the physical art, but he's the mind behind all that, he's very creative and I do think that he's the only creator.
Jeff Koons' work for most of the people may not be art, since all you can see is just a big structure. I personally enjoy this kind of art. And the fact that it takes this big production, to finally give a job to this big amount of people is just amazing.
I must say, this artist is one of the best I've seen! I love the way he does his own style and transform it into something really different than the usual! He is a genius. I have to say that art nowadays is not of my taste, but watching this master pieces just gets me so interested!
I could be volunteering right now, but I righteously prefer to deprecate artists on the internet. Why not sports, you ask. Because sports are easier to understand.
Jeff Koons' work is very interesting because he has such a unique vision of what he wants to do with his art and the message and the feelings he wants to express with it. For me, i think that the most impressive part of his works is how he manages to capture the textures of the materials, it feels very strange to see those images and know how would they feel just by looking at them.
It is evident that his work follows the ideals of Pop art and I'm not a big fun of it because all the popular elements it includes. Although I do love the appropiations he does of famouse paintings, where he adds the shiny mirror-like ball, because it makes us re-think of the concept of art by making us part of it.
Well I ike the idea to take a common object and turn it an art piece, but I believe he sometimes exaggerate the whole idea. I do like the "reflective" and ballons sculptures, they are quite original and his intention to present an interaction between the viewer and the piece of art is great too. I believe that to understand, analyze and finally have a posture about his art is important to get rid of cliches and accept that art is about freedom.
Jeff Koons is a business man who manufactures and sells stuff. That is his art. Here's the way you do it: 1. Have some ideas about things you want to make. 2. Have someone else make those things. 3. Figure out who would buy your stuff. That is, find out what the market for it. 4. Sell your stuff to that target market. And there you go.
Thousands of technicians make a living out Jeff Koons. That's enough for me, and let's face they are great fun. By the way art was and always will be a business.
The way Jeffrey Koons works is just about the mass production of art, it does not give a huge change to the pieces, talking about meaning. It looks good but it is only the fusion of many artists with different abilities; demeritates the individual work. Nevertheless, it is what modern art has become and if the audience likes, this tendency will continue to grow.
Is it really art?, or it is another way of making money? , because nowadays everything is connected with the easy way to be rich. I think artist's first intentions have to be expressed fellings and i do not feel that in his work, it is just like he only wants to amaze People insted of representing something
nobody asked, but tbh i watched this for gaga … who i soon learned only had about 6 seconds of screen time and wasn’t even credited in the credits.. boo 🍅 🍅
Well, art has transformed a lot in different aspects. For instance, Koons' art represent for me the idea of how create art when you have everything by your side. You can take advantage of objects and colorful things and make some wonderful things. We can realize that Koons create espectacular works with simple materials and that’s interesting.
I think in a different way, I feel that art has been transformed, it has become simple, I am not an expert to judge in detail the art shown in the video, but I did not feel anything when I saw the pieces of art by Koons and this is something that It makes me feel bad, I feel that his art is not innovative it´s just take common objects and take them on a large scale and put them bold colors.
Jeff "Toons" wants to go to Paris to make more money with his tulip statue in front of the modern Art Museum ! That' simply Engagement in business transaction ( He practicises "Taylorist Art") involving small risk and offering the chance of large gains ! ...and mostly mocking the victims of terrorism ! I explain that in french : "Circularité d'intérêts entre grands collectionneurs de Petits Mickeys géants , de conservateurs en mal de publications-validant-toutes les spéculations et d'institutions bien pensantes,, toujours à la remorque du dernier gadget US = Installation d'une Visibilité pour créer artificiellement une Légitimité -... et si ça ne marche pas, on en parle quand même : Bravo le Marketing ! Assez déKoonné, cette forme d'art contemporain est une bulle spéculative qui va faire Pschitt ! En hommage aux victimes du terrorisme , il serait préférable d'ériger une statue géante du Grand Duduche de Cabu embrassant Isabelle, la fille du proviseur et de déposer cette statue monumentale sur le parvis de l'hôtel de Ville Cela, ce serait un hommage de la France à un caricaturiste du niveau de Daumier, un clin d'oeil en passant à Doisneau, et là, il y aurait véritablement de l'ART ! CQFD : on nous prend pour des Koons-ou des Toons- avec cette spirale de valorisation entre collectionneurs spéculateurs ( Pinault , Arnault et autres princes de la déduction fiscale...) et petits marquis affidés de Cour , tous pétochants devant la bulle de l'art contemporain-Mickey-Mouse proche de l'éclatement !"
Normally artworks have hidden messages within themselves, and the intention of trying to convey that message makes us experience different emotions through the process. However, many of Koon's pieces make no sense at all to me, they don't make me feel anything, not even curiosity to try to see something else, something beyond the piece itself. These artworks are very superficial, just as the new generations in which critical thinking is no longer needed.
I find his art very interesting and how he uses ordinary objects to create art, but for me, some of them have not sense, I mean I don't feel anything when I saw them
yeah me too, I feel like his style has gone so far into abstraction that it o longer means anything. He has outgrown meaning and to me that makes his art worse
Sure do wish Jeff could do amazing abstracts but it does not look that way. Abstracts are the hardest form of art today. Like Picasso never did pure abstracts. I guess it was too difficult. Easier to make a shiny Popeye.
