Copyright is a joke of our modern civilisation limiting artists to some arbitrary measure of "originality". Under these bullshit laws meant to protect rich people who don't create art Artists like Van Gough would've lost lawsuits. Most of our cultural and scientific heritage is derivative works. The idea of modern copyright isn't just complete and utter capitalist bullshit, it's actively seeking to reduce the number of works produced and limiting/preventing the future from seeing them. See e.g. "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law " (Suzanne Scotchmer , doi:10.1257/jep.5.1.29)
@@qscesz767545 It is a work of art that a human mind alone could conjure up particularly in that era -first decade of the 21st century- to participate in a conversation on whats trancendent. Michaelangelo : Pieta / Jeff Koons : Popeye Both share a similarity which is the death of sacred reality. The former : The sacred person died, the later : The death of todays human senses to what is sacred yet desires to go beyond, to trancend.
@@EffySalcedo But Popeye is just an old cartoon. There's bunch of similar ones, like Bugs Bunny, and Tom and Jerry, and disney stuff and etc. Yes. they are art, but they're not on par with Michelangelo.
hi Jeff, I remember when you took me to your Loft and showed me your art and I tried to buy a vacuum cleaner from you. you were the best broker but whoever knew that you would become the world famous Creator of Art
-hi Jeff, it's been a long time since you invited me to your Loft to show me your art. I remember I tried to buy a vacuum cleaner from you because I was moving into my new apartment in the city the next day. I also remember that you were the most creative and passionate broker and who will ever forget your conversations with 95-year-old Floyd Barger. it's been a long time and I still have the same apartment in the city and also reside in South Florida. best regards, Ed Lerner Clayton brokerage of St Louis.
@@EffySalcedo He literally doesn't construct the art pieces himself. He fucking makes other people do the work and then proceeds to sell it for multiple millions. And also his "ideas" are pretty whack. Taking a balloon dog and making it shiny and big is certainly not what I would call innovative, lmao.
@@cereal2373 @Ufuk Demirkol Yup thats Jeff alright, its his style to hire lots of talented artist to complete his art at a time frame, I like how he creates jobs this way, unlike some other presenter they just pick up stuff, call it ready-mades and declare it works-of-art. Yes, I absolutely share your sensibilities when you say (some) of his "ideas" are pretty whack, that also apply to Jeff Koons reflective giant "Baloon Dogs" sculpture as part of the celebration series, its meant to be a transponder, meaning when you look at the art work you see a reflection of YOURSELF ( as part of it ), what does it celebrate ? self amusement? and may I include another giant sculpture, The Statue of Liberty, does it celebrate anything ? if so then what ? Is self amusement in itself a cause for celebration? or is liberty in itself a cause for celebration? nowadays as most peoples ideas becomes whacked there should be a fitting monument for it.
@Sam Farnsworth Well. Jeff Koons is a contemporary pop artist who is, I guess, best known for his kitsch sculptures, such as his breakthrough works (in the 80's or 90's), in which he was having sex with his then girlfriend Cicciolina, an Italian pornstar. To me he is almost a caricature of a modern artist, as if it was all a performance of some kind... but it isn't, it's strictly business. I have never seen a piece of his that would have any substance at all, just surface level eye candy with a lot of production value. He is very rich, so he has a factory of craftsmen / women producing all his vacuous artwork... super convenient, of course, but it's as if he took Andy Warhol's playbook and removed everything artistic in it, just appropriating the business model to make a lot of money. I'm sure many people love his stuff and think it's 'whimsical' or 'spectacular' or whatever, but to me he has always come across as a total phony. I even watched a long documentary about him once, to see if I had misjudged him, but no. He's just a very successful, cynical businessman, dealing in what he calls 'art'. I'm sure many people here will disagree with my grumpy take on Koons, which is fine. Google him and make up your own mind... Personally, I'll pass.
@@epictetus9221 he helped me open up doors in myself. to embrace parts that i was afraid of. thats what his work communicates to me, to not be ashamed of my desires because theyre on the wrong end of some social hierarchy. his work is ‘spectacular’ in production specifically as a way of embracing and properly glorifying objects that our culture has been ashamed of. the ‘kitch’ that elites degrade others for enjoying
Can you reach out to more artists like this? Maybe a British one like Damien Hirst? The art is taken from a different approach depending on who the artist is.