Comments on: Hump Day Cool Finger: New line of Jeff Koons art watches by Ikepod sparks discussion on the subject of market necessity http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/hump-day-cool-finger-new-line-of-jeff-koons-art-watches-by-ikepod-sparks-discussion-on-the-subject-of-market-necessity/ A Miami based contemporary art newsletter / blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mister Arrow http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/hump-day-cool-finger-new-line-of-jeff-koons-art-watches-by-ikepod-sparks-discussion-on-the-subject-of-market-necessity/comment-page-1/#comment-8927 Mister Arrow Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:24:44 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=2385#comment-8927 Very few people can pull off making art of themselves fucking their Italian porn star wife! He gets points for that, yet he is a wanker for not signing a $1 ceramic puppy I offered him after a speaking engagement in Miami. The gigantic mirrored steel twisted balloons sculptures are bad ass too. Too bad the artist is a wanker yet the work is not half bad. Very few people can pull off making art of themselves fucking their Italian porn star wife! He gets points for that, yet he is a wanker for not signing a $1 ceramic puppy I offered him after a speaking engagement in Miami.

The gigantic mirrored steel twisted balloons sculptures are bad ass too.
Too bad the artist is a wanker yet the work is not half bad.

]]> By: Richard Haden http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/hump-day-cool-finger-new-line-of-jeff-koons-art-watches-by-ikepod-sparks-discussion-on-the-subject-of-market-necessity/comment-page-1/#comment-8923 Richard Haden Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:27:14 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=2385#comment-8923 Confusing Jeff Koons with contemporary art is like confusing Michael Jackson with being an artist in the world of music. The former is an art entertainer and the latter a music entertainer. One such insightful proof to this assertion is to look at the piece Koons made of Michael Jackson and the chimp. I see this particular piece as Koons's tribute to the success of pop music as a metaphor for the success and recuperation of pop art. I recall in "Thriller," MJ's high pitched voice trying to convince us that he is "Bad." I get the same feeling with Koons-- he wants us to think of him as not too bad. Confusing Jeff Koons with contemporary art is like confusing Michael Jackson with being an artist in the world of music. The former is an art entertainer and the latter a music entertainer. One such insightful proof to this assertion is to look at the piece Koons made of Michael Jackson and the chimp. I see this particular piece as Koons’s tribute to the success of pop music as a metaphor for the success and recuperation of pop art.

I recall in “Thriller,” MJ’s high pitched voice trying to convince us that he is “Bad.” I get the same feeling with Koons– he wants us to think of him as not too bad.

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