Jeff Koons interview in New York

Jeff Koons interview in New York

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[NotBen78]

I'm all for artists being successful but I wish it was the ones who had something to say. Yes his work is cute and kitsch and cute and kitsch are a part of society... ok I get it. But he doesn't add anything to what is already there, he doesn't say anything except here's cute and kitsch. He doesn't make me see something in a new way. There is no insight. Sure, you can have a visceral feeling standing next to a Koons but you can have a visceral feeling standing on a subway platform.

[Aussiemarco]

Everything this guy says is a crock of shit and he knows it. I saw a documentary on this prick years ago, and he admitted to becoming an artist because he wanted to be immensely rich. He was a New York accountant and his richest clients were artists, so that's what he changed his career to. He has never gotten his hands dirty actually making something; he is a fraud, just like Damien Hirst. When will the world wake up and see the Emperor isn't wearing any clothes?

[chipgowest]

@NotBen78 that is the point thats what he adds, with everything else you see in art you expect some kind of social comentary, or some subversive nature because we are taught to think there is something wrong with the world, maby koons is saying its ok to enjoy things as they are. the concept of morality has moved on with koons

[chipgowest]

@Aussiemarco he is not a fraud, he is honest. the people who put art on a pedistal and involve themselves in the hierachy of art are the fraudsters

[TheHumanCondition09]

restricting themselves to a false ideal: that art needs to have a deep meaning, it's full of shit. Macarthy, Warhol, Guston, Barney, of course Duchamp, are all pioneers of this. I understand if people don't enjoy it, but to be so offended is to misunderstand it and seem rather pretentious. Remember, it's not the artists that make their work famous and full of interpretation, it's the critics who are pulling ideas out of their asses and trying to look like they know what they're talking about.

[TheHumanCondition09]

Dude. You guys who are mad about his work are falling into the trap that the average person does. The effect of his art is supposed to be offensive. Ever hear of John Waters? The raising of "bad taste" or in Koons case, kitsch, to art. The whole point is it's a game, and it's supposed to be satirical. His show at Versailles was extremely smart. Versailles is basically a long standing example of what Koons artwork is perpetuating in a farcical manner! Get it? Those who take art so seriously are

[NotBen78]

Charlie Rose: Is there a consistent message that runs through the things we see? Is there a common denominator?

Jeff Koons: Well I think were I took the readymade, within my own work, was really getting more involved at the viewer as the readymade.

CR: Yeah...

JK: And, and more about the relationship with the viewer and maybe trying to deal as objectively as possible with my work. 

[rose7art]

its funny how everyone either loves him or hates him

i wont lie, im a fan of his work

[boodspuppy]

@CatZula

Your analysis is absolutely right!