![]() They don't have the patron that they had in the past where they could be independent of market system. I believe that art is a vehicle that helps us show a history of what it was like to be human at this time with our understanding of the world, and so there's always some sense of commerce to a certain degree involved with art today and the world that we live, not only how artists support themselves. Jeff: Rano, I think that over history, the life, everyday life, of course, is what permeates and becomes the material of what we have to talk about, what we respond to. Rano Karimova: We all know how consumerism has inevitably influenced contemporary art, so would you then say that contemporary art could be considered a consumer good too today? It's never in any way been a less intense experience than it was at first. The position of Olympia related to Goya's work, and all of a sudden, I realized that it was a vehicle that so effortlessly was going to connect me to philosophy and psychology, theology, physics, aesthetics, really all the things in this exhibition of Shine that you can see taking place all the different dialogues.įrom that moment, I wake up excited every day about the possibility of transcending through art. The professor spoke about how the black cat over in the right corner had meaning in 19th century France. This lesson spoke about a Manet painting, and in the Manet painting, it was called Olympia. I went back to my art school, and I was given an art history lesson that day and it transformed my life. I didn't know Braque, I didn't know the history. I realized when I went to the museum that I knew nothing about art. When I was a young artist, actually my first day of art school, I had an experience where I went to the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland in the US. Through these structuring experiences, through the creation journey, how has this impacted who you've become thus far? Jeff Koons: I wake up excited every day, about the possibility of transcending through art.Īlisa Rebecca Watson: Expansion of your own capacity, through learning and experimentation has been involved in much of the development of your work. I look at an artwork and I think about the ability that it has to inform me about life experience, and hopefully, it can make me more courageous that I can be more open to life and accept being in the moment and to transcend." I don't look at an artwork and think about money. "I don't think that money is what's of interest in art. ![]() Undergraduate student Rano observing Jeff Koons' work before the official opening ![]() Koons is an open book throughout the interview, talking about discovery and transcendence, going into detail about how he approaches art and what he loves most about his work. It's never in any way been a less intense experience than it was at first." "The professor spoke about how the black cat over in the right corner had meaning in 19th century France. "This lesson spoke about a Manet painting, and in the Manet painting, it was called Olympia," continues Koons. Master student Alisa observing one of Jeff Koons' works I went back to my art school, and I was given an art history lesson that day and it transformed my life." I realized when I went to the museum that I knew nothing about art," explains Koon. "When I was a young artist, actually my first day of art school, I had an experience where I went to the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland in the US. Sitting in front of Balloon Venus Lespugue (Red), Jeff Koons’ reflection bounced off the glossy red surface as he freeheartedly answered the curious questions Polimoda students Alisa Rebecca Watson (Master in Fashion Brand Management), Rano Karimova (Undergraduate in Business of Fashion), Autumn Caroline Mowery (Master in Fashion Brand Management), Ario Mezzolani (Master in Fashion Critique and Curation), Ana Maria Barth Teixeira (Master in Fashion Trend Forecasting) and Julian Restrepo Espinal (Master in Fashion Trend Forecasting) asked about his remarkable career.
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