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wylies99

Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject: Jeff Koons Sculpture to Be Erected in Seoul |
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http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/04/08/2011040800335.html
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A sculpture by Jeff Koons, whose works are among the most expensive of any living artist in the world, will be displayed in heart of Seoul.
A source at Shinsegae said on Thursday that Koons' "Sacred Heart" will be installed in the Trinity Garden on the rooftop of the sixth floor of the main branch of Shinsegae Department Store on April 18, and be opened to the public from April 29.
Shinsegae reportedly purchased the work directly from the artist. The price has not been disclosed, but it is thought to be in the W30 billion (US$1=W1,089) range as that is what the Koons sculptures "Hanging Heart" and "Balloon Flower" fetched at auction in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
Koons is scheduled to visit Korea at the end of this month and have an autograph signing session.
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Does anyone know when and where Koons will meet the public? |
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lille
Joined: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:03 am Post subject: |
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Erected is a good word to use. Jeff Koons is kind of a dick. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Is he the thriller fiction writer? |
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AHawk843
Joined: 20 Jul 2010
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:14 am Post subject: |
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That'd be Koontz.
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I swear I'm not trying to avoid the censor. |
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decolyon
Joined: 24 Jul 2010
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:45 am Post subject: |
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That sculpture looks stupid. I could have made a handheld version with 5 bucks and trip to the arts and craft store.
What happened to artists with real talent? You know, like carving life like representations of notable people from hard stone. That I respect. This "ooo look for the meaning.. my work is abstract that's why I'm so misunderstood" blah blah blah. You do abstract because you failed the carving test and probably flunked out of art school. |
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lille
Joined: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:52 am Post subject: |
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decolyon wrote: |
That sculpture looks stupid. I could have made a handheld version with 5 bucks and trip to the arts and craft store.
What happened to artists with real talent? You know, like carving life like representations of notable people from hard stone. That I respect. This "ooo look for the meaning.. my work is abstract that's why I'm so misunderstood" blah blah blah. You do abstract because you failed the carving test and probably flunked out of art school. |
The sculptures that you're talking about are often done by a workshop full of workers, not one artist, even if it's just got one artist's name on it.
It doesn't need to be representational to be art.
(I still think Jeff Koons is a dick.) |
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Gimbap Lover
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if he'll bring his wife, Cicciolina. Anyone ever see the photos he took with her? Lame as hell. |
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RMNC

Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gimbap Lover wrote: |
I wonder if he'll bring his wife, Cicciolina. Anyone ever see the photos he took with her? Lame as hell. |
She looks like some kind of washed up porn star in the 90's.
Also, Koons is a huuuuuuuuuge hack. |
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RMNC

Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Well I'll be, she WAS a porn star. |
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Draz

Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:08 am Post subject: |
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Gimbap Lover wrote: |
I wonder if he'll bring his wife, Cicciolina. |
They've been divorced since 1998 so probably not.
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Ilona Staller (complete name Anna Elena Staller, 26 November 1951), also known by her stage name la Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian porn star, politician, and singer. She continued to make hard core pornographic films while in office.[2] She is famous for delivering political speeches with one breast exposed.[2][3] |
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Gimbap Lover
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Draz wrote: |
Gimbap Lover wrote: |
I wonder if he'll bring his wife, Cicciolina. |
They've been divorced since 1998 so probably not.
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Ilona Staller (complete name Anna Elena Staller, 26 November 1951), also known by her stage name la Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian porn star, politician, and singer. She continued to make hard core pornographic films while in office.[2] She is famous for delivering political speeches with one breast exposed.[2][3] |
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Nasty looking skank, I might add. |
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ThingsComeAround

Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Tacky, tacky.
Fits for Shinsegae.  |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Jeff Koons rules. Didn't he make a statue of Britney Spears on all fours, giving birth? |
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Gimbap Lover
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:19 am Post subject: |
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Kaypea wrote: |
Jeff Koons rules. Didn't he make a statue of Britney Spears on all fours, giving birth? |
Yeah, on a bearskin rug. He also made a really creepy one of Michael Jackson with Bubbles sitting on his lap with the same perm and in the same gold outfit. |
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RMNC

Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Britney Spears giving Birth on a Bear Skin Rug was Daniel Edwards. |
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