Comments on: Jeff Koons Takes Over Versailles http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/articulations/2008/09/16/jeff-koons-takes-over-versailles/ Thoughts on canvas at Smithsonian.com Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:10:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Danielle http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/articulations/2008/09/16/jeff-koons-takes-over-versailles/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Danielle Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:10:55 +0000 http://articulations.smithsonianmag.com/?p=523#comment-170 At first I wasn't sure about it. My initial reaction was shock. Why would they put that hideous chromey balloon sculpture HERE? Then I got closer. Now I think it's one of the most fabulous sculptures I've seen. I took a stack of photos. I think you're absolutely on the money. Versailles is decadent, magnificent and yes, ostentatious. Koons' work is right at home. At first I wasn’t sure about it. My initial reaction was shock. Why would they put that hideous chromey balloon sculpture HERE? Then I got closer. Now I think it’s one of the most fabulous sculptures I’ve seen. I took a stack of photos. I think you’re absolutely on the money. Versailles is decadent, magnificent and yes, ostentatious. Koons’ work is right at home.

]]> By: christophe http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/articulations/2008/09/16/jeff-koons-takes-over-versailles/comment-page-1/#comment-168 christophe Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:54:11 +0000 http://articulations.smithsonianmag.com/?p=523#comment-168 I visited the exhibition. I think it works very well and that there is a real dialectic between the artworks from Jeff Koons and the site of Versailles. That being said, I can see it is also an attempt for the artist (and his collectors) to elevate his work (and its market value). But the motivation is not that important, after all, most artists try to promote a maximum their work. The thing is that at the end, they don't decide. It is up to the public and the critics. By the way, noone knows if his majesty would have liked it or not. It is interesting though to see how kitsch, pop art can dialogue with the history of Versailles. Here is my review: http://bruchansky.name/2008/12/15/about-curating-jeff-koons-at-versailles/ I visited the exhibition. I think it works very well and that there is a real dialectic between the artworks from Jeff Koons and the site of Versailles.

That being said, I can see it is also an attempt for the artist (and his collectors) to elevate his work (and its market value). But the motivation is not that important, after all, most artists try to promote a maximum their work. The thing is that at the end, they don’t decide. It is up to the public and the critics.

By the way, noone knows if his majesty would have liked it or not. It is interesting though to see how kitsch, pop art can dialogue with the history of Versailles. Here is my review: http://bruchansky.name/2008/12/15/about-curating-jeff-koons-at-versailles/

]]> By: Michael de Bruges http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/articulations/2008/09/16/jeff-koons-takes-over-versailles/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Michael de Bruges Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:37:24 +0000 http://articulations.smithsonianmag.com/?p=523#comment-147 So utterly ingenuous this comment. Versailles is as far away from kitsch as can be imagined. Crude form and cheap effect was not to his majesty's liking, and by the way, the rococo came a good hundred years later. Koons at Versailles is the real joke. As with the Emperor's new clothes, the stupid can be made to believe anything. So utterly ingenuous this comment. Versailles is as far away from kitsch as can be imagined. Crude form and cheap effect was not to his majesty’s liking, and by the way, the rococo came a good hundred years later. Koons at Versailles is the real joke. As with the Emperor’s new clothes, the stupid can be made to believe anything.

]]> By: todd http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/articulations/2008/09/16/jeff-koons-takes-over-versailles/comment-page-1/#comment-152 todd Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:50:19 +0000 http://articulations.smithsonianmag.com/?p=523#comment-152 What a perfect setting! The exuberance of the past meet the exuberance of the present. I completely agree. I wish I could see it. What a perfect setting! The exuberance of the past meet the exuberance of the present. I completely agree. I wish I could see it.

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