Jeff Koons — "I'm interested in the idea of the spectacle. I think that art can be a spectacle…"
I'm interested in the idea of the spectacle. I think that art can be a spectacle.
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"I want my work to encourage self-reflection and introspection."
"I'm very interested in the idea of the readymade, and how it can be transformed."
"I believe in the power of art to transform people's lives."
"I want to communicate to people that they should feel good about themselves and that they should feel empowered."
"I always try to make work that is honest and that is true to myself."
About Jeff Koons (born 1955)
American contemporary artist whose Balloon Dog and Rabbit sculptures hold record sale prices for living artists; defines high-end commodified Pop. Closely associated with Damien Hirst (YBA-generation peer with similar production-line studio model) and Takashi Murakami (Superflat parallel from Japan). For an intellectual contrast, see Marina Abramović, Serbian-American performance artist — Abramović's body-on-the-line endurance work (The Artist Is Present, 2010) is the precise opposite of Koons's outsourced-fabrication, surface-shine commodification. Abramović's unmediated authorship vs Koons's factory production are the two cleanest poles of late-20th-century 'what is the artist for?' debate.