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Apr 07

Jeff Koons for BMW…

Though his design for his BMW art car emphasizes streaks of saturated hues, the artist Jeff Koons said his multicolored effort was in part inspired by a desire for a checkered flag. “I think that would be really fantastic to work on a car that could win,” Mr. Koons said Monday evening in a telephone interview. “I do hope that in the future, we can look back and this car wins.”

There may or may not be a victory lap in the future for Mr. Koons’s car, whose design, above, will be officially unveiled on Tuesday morning and which will adorn a BMW M3 GT2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in Paris this June. But his automotive artwork continues a 35-year-old tradition at BMW, which has previously commissioned Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg to turn its cars into canvases, and, at the same time, offers a window into Mr. Koons’s past. (via)

Jun 25

Michael Jackson and Bubbles by Jeff Koons…

[This piece is] part of the Banality show, gold polychromed statue that plays up a false aura or allure; kitsch and the hyperreal; the sacred vs. the profane.

Style: Koons commissioned Italian craftsmen to fabricate the sculpture for him; slick, shiny, seductive surfaceheightened for that hyperreal effect; turns the tradition of figurative sculpture into kitsch; false auras and the degraded sublime.

Context: late capitalistic, consumer-oriented society in which values are in question; object-lust, but objects emptied of soul, vanitas imagery and the hyperreal; after so many plastic surgeries Michael Jackson was already hyperreal even before Jeff Koons got to him; cult of celebrity. (via)

Another interesting tour through the studio of Jeff Koons…

Although you can see many projects Koons is working on with his 100-strong assistant crew, this visit mostly focuses on his first major exhibition in a public gallery at the Serpentine Gallery.

This exhibition focuses on paintings and sculptures from Koons’ Popeye series, a comment on the current economic crisis because the cartoon character was originally conceived during the Great Depression. “The works incorporate some of Koons’s signature ideas and motifs, including surreal combinations of everyday objects, cartoon imagery, art-historical references and children’s toys.”

Other topics covered in the video include his record-setting project commissioned by LACMA, past sculptures depicting him in explicit poses with his then wife Italian porn star Ilona Staller, his upcoming Tate Modern show, and his feelings about the term “factory” vs. “studio” when describing his work space. (via)

Jun 04

Guilty Yacht by Jeff Koons…

Art superstar Jeff Koons has landed another hit, and designed his first yacht. The “Guilty”, owned by art collector Dakis Joannou, features an extravagant artistic take by the US artist on the exterior. Of course, Sarah Morris’ text painting “Guilty” hangs on the wall of one bedroom - bought after the yacht was named.

Although the blown up print and poster colours will be familiar to art fans from Roy Liechtenstein’s signature Ben-Day Dots style, Jeff Koons actually based this design on a WW1 camouflage pattern. (via)

Apr 23

Jeff Koons gives viewers tour of his New York studio…

“ We waited too long to resolve this… Negotiations went sideways, and then up and down.

— Jeff Koons

Dec 27

Doggy Bank (assumably inspired by the work of Jeff Koons)…

Mar 17

“ I think about my work every minute of the day.

— Jeff Koons

Mar 09

“ La sexualité, c’est l’objet principal de l’art…

— Jeff Koons