Jeff Koons explains some of his most famous works | 60 Minutes
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2023
- American artist Jeff Koons discusses his famous "Balloon Dog" sculpture and other memorable works.
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What I love about Jeff Koon's work is that it's so relatable. As a multimillionaire artist who pays other people to make my work, I too had a painting made after celebrating my child's 1.5th birthday party whom I had with a pornstar who later became a member of the Italian parliament. SO RELATABLE!
He’s vehemently disliked for good reason. He abs his work make a joke of all of us.
oh vanity 😂😂😂😂 you had to say multimillionaire you know that’s poor now you have to a billionaire 😂😂😂😂
I don’t believe you
The kid was 1 y o
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I'm still in awe of the Puppy Dog sculpture that I saw on the harbour in Sydney.I was completing my Arts degree and thought,gee that's clever.
It’s amazing how much work goes into something that looks as simple as a balloon dog. Beautiful.
This, here, is a balloon dog. As you can see, it is shaped like a dog made of balloons, but is not actually made of balloons. It is very large, it is also shiny.
😂😂😂
And the wigged, white powdered faces go Ooooh Aaaaaah 👏
Morley Safer rolling over.
He gives the machine what it wants, and is rewarded handsomely!
I never heard of him nor seen his work.
I'm happy to now know both. 🙂
Other people do his work for him. Don’t be fooled.
@@andreamenter4028 just wait untill you learn how Michelangelo did his work lmao
of all the sculptures that we're currently studying in my art class, Koons is my favorite. The bright colors and the smooth shapes of his most famous work is very appealing to me.
This is an actual question I do have and I'm asking you with all the respect: how is an art class when studying Koons balloon dogs? I mean, any regular not trained person can make a balloon dog...
@@carloscardenas1 I get it. When I was assigned this class as an elective toward my business degree, I was skeptical. But, there is a process and rationality behind it all, from the medium used to the style depicted. Part of this class is learning to be an active participating audience. Not every piece of "art" is for every person.
This is one of my favorite cooper interview. There are times when he can transfer from interviewee to family friends
Exceptional work!
Love his work
0:11 I don't know if this is sarcasm. Saying it while seeing a group of artist working on "his" sculpture 😂😂😂😂😂
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Reubens, and so many others all used assistants. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel was done thanks to the great help of innumerable assistants that painted the background and figures. Are they all sarcastic when they said it was 'their' art?
@@JamesSmithRUclips The reason the Sistine Chapel took 4 years to paint is because Michaelangelo was never satisfied with the quality of his assistants work, and so painted most of it himself. The only parts his assistants painted were backgrounds. He even fired the person who mixed colors for him.
Vast difference between all those artists and Koons, even those who had many assistants. They were all Masters of their craft .Jeff Koons hires assistants because he himself cannot paint or sculpt. He doesn't so much as paint even a single brush stroke himself.
@tthomas184 seriously? He didn't paint the stupid party hat?
Intriguing to say the least
I love that dog balloon because it is made out of some other material (eg. metal) and not of the balloon itself. And this is also kind of a play.
I convince people that a clown balloon dog is worth millions thus I am an artist.
Balloon dog cost's 1.6 million to make. It sells as a token to some mega rich person for over $58 million. Well done Jeff, well done!
The Ballon Dog appeared on "Across the Spider-Verse," which brought me here.
I never heard of giving a birthday party for a child who turned 18 months old.
I wonder if the ex-wife was timing it with her plans to take him away since it is random. A celebration to remember... and that's it... we out. Interesting story now tied to that piece.
@@hummersd I wondered about that myself as I was trying to make sense of such an odd situation.
@@hummersd He was a nasty egotistical abuser... hopefully that painting will forever remind him that he got what he deserved. His son lives happily with his mother in Italy and married a gorgeous, smart and caring woman.... AWAY from him !!
I have. Just because you haven't experienced something doesn't mean it's odd or not happening.
A brilliant mind.
Really talented some brillant work ,,,,,,
I always hated Koons' art, but now I realize maybe I was just jealous. As an artist, creating would be much more enjoyable if other people did the hard work for me. Just point and say this is how I want it, rather than working hard through physical pain to bring my ideas to life. He is just proof that being an artist is not always about struggle but about how easy you can do something and have people accept it as art. It is just like Warhol and Duchamp, find something small, make it big, people love you for it. Or, maybe I will just never understand and am not of that tax bracket where his art does anything for me.
I heard Elon musk doesn't build the rockets himself either. Wtf. And I can also not believe ppl like seeing things they've never seen before
@@martynwonder never seen a balloon dog? Oh, ok.
@@tthomas184 yeah you got a good point .There is no difference between seeing a balloon dog , and seeing the sculpture "Balloon dog".🧠
@@martynwonder fyi, Koons tried to sue other artists making sculptures of balloon dogs claiming it was his concept and they were merely copying him. The court noted he was copying balloon dogs.
He lost.
@@tthomas184 it's funny how they only started making them after he already made it famous. And not before .Now that's original👍
It is a celebration to pop art.
❤
I LOVE his work …
I guess you don't feel the need to do a story on the Durham Report, lol.
Nonsense
🙈 That's what I was thinking as well.
I remember when the famous Michael and pet monkey statue made headlines.
One part of his artwork "overlooked", was his group of realistic paintings of Jeff and his ex-wife in graphic sex positions!
Some art books include them and some don't. 🤔
PS... I wish Jeff would create a giant balloon cat sculpture?! If he did, I would gladly purchase a smaller one at a gift shop, then keep it on a high bookshelf so that my cat wouldn't knock it over!
🤗 🐈⬛
Cool
OPAH!!! 💙
Koons comes up with ideas by looking at other peoples ideas and thinking that since he thought about them from seeing them, that he thought of them himself. Then he says he made the pieces, since he paid a real artisan to make it, I guess that means he made it.
I believe that artists who use assistants should give credit to the assistants, similar to how a movie has credits. In this digital age at the very least there could be somewhere for artists to submit credits, if a piece is in a museum I believe each artist who had a hand in its creation should be credited.
Huh?! In a ton of creative genres there are assistants to help. That's been for CENTURIES. But, that doesn't mean that each person that helped is the artist. Because they're not. Someone playing an Extra in a movie doesn't have their name up on the screen ya know.
From photographers to comedians to sculpters, to other genres of art, they all have assistants to help. Some help because they respect the artist and want to learn for their own creativity. Some are pure fans already in the field and know the value of being around someone that could mentor them.
Even a nobody glass blower asks for help within the shop where they're creating. Nobody with common sense is expecting to also be called the artist.
Everyone isn't the CEO of a company just because they work there. But to you, they should be I guess. 🙄
@@LokiDWolf I used the word "artisan" for a reason.
We clearly do not align in our views considering how triggered you are that I merely suggest giving credit to those who are holding this person up in the first place.
I think it's shameful how these "artists" use people, and the way they do it is by exploiting the exact reasons you wrote in defence of it.
"Some help because they respect the artist and want to learn for their own creativity. Some are pure fans already in the field and know the value of being around someone that could mentor them. "
Also they are someone that could easily give the credit and help them establish a name for themselves, but thats just too much, they would hate it if the illusion of these artists where tarnished by the fact they need help to achieve the visions they have.
As far as the CEO comment, I resonate strongly with Marx's suggestion that the the proletariat should rise up and seize the means of production. So theres that I guess....
I think its interesting you draw an analogy with film when film is one of the model examples of an industry that gives credit to so many of the individuals who contributed to the finished piece, Maybe the artworld could start by looking there for inspiration and its a good spot to start the discussion of who should get credits, you bring up a good point about extras.
"That's been for CENTURIES. " Right, thats a great reason to not examine why we do or don't do things...
@@LokiDWolf its a bit different when you dont even put your hand in the making process, of the copied work. And than say you made it.
Thats like picking a 3d print model(copy of of someone elses desing), letting the printer(or workers) make it and than say you made it and slap your name on it:D
@@VoidToForm Assistants shouldn't get any (artistic) recognition for their work imo. You have to realize that this artwork would never have been made if it wasn't for Koons. He will look for people with the skill to make what he wants,if they dont wanna help, he asks someone else.(And it doesn't matter how easy or difficult it is to make, nor how ugly people think it is.) You seem to confuse craftsman and artist. The craftsman can often easily be replaced, the artist can't. Assistants can also be specialists in a certain medium , but that is usually the reason they got asked/hired. If the metal worker made a balloon dog like that before Koons asked him ,maybe he would get some artistic credit, cuz craftsmanship hasn't been the main focus of art ever, I think.
@@martynwonder Using your logic, one could say the real artist of the Sistine Ceiling was the Pope, and Michaelangelo was merely the craftsman he hired to help him realize his vision. If Mike had turned him down, he could always hire someone else.
When I worked in the field of prop making, it wasn't unusual for the so called creative director to send a generic drawing of a weapon consisting of a literal scribble with a note attached. It read: Make it COOL looking!
This and Koons who doesn't design much of his work either and is incapable of making any of it, is what passes for art and creativity with some.
Well, the even if you hate modern art you can appreciate that the Balloon Dog statue is one impressive piece of craftmanship, and it's a neat idea that looks striking because huge shiny balloon dog.
Warhol said about haters: "Don't worry what they write about you, just count the inches." #thecomments
This was really BRILLIANT. As a life long artist, making high end furniture for 30 years… this is absolutely brilliant…. He is so dead on with so so many concepts.
Dumbed down art for dumbed down people . But it sure is shiny.
Crazy how that cost
I saw 60 Minutes last night and saw a few shots from his home, originally his grandparent's home. The most impressive thing about this man is not his art, but the fact that he keeps his beloved livestock, horses and cattle, behind wooden fencing and barbless wire! What a great guy! This is a man concerned with the care of his animals! Fabulous art, too!
It was a homage to his kid.
wow... still life....
he does both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, wonder if most artists specialize in one or the other
Some do, some don't. Many Artists also engage video or performance in addition...
Lol why he said when I made this piece !! When I see other people doing it lol that’s just ridiculous 😂😂😂😂
Was that Michael Jackson at .33?
At 0.33 I meant.
I think it's safe to say that's Michael Jackson and the chimp he used to hang out with.
Yes, that was him with his chimpanzee pet Bubbles
@@mirelamujcic224 Oh, wow. Ok, thanks for responding!
What's special is that after the abduction of his son Ludwig (and that painting 'Party Hat' in this video) Jeff, by himself, started and fully funded The Koons Family Institute on International Law and Policy, which is the research arm of The International Center for Missing & Exploited Children - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Centre_for_Missing_%26_Exploited_Children - The Koons Family Institute works directly with The World Bank Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development with a specific focus on protecting children from violence, abuse, child pornography, online grooming, cyberbullying, and sexting.
Love him
An impostor calls himself an artist, when he puts others to work, when he gets his clothes and hands dirty so that he can really say that it is his art
People who say Koons isn’t an artist are probably the same people who say that a beautiful car isn’t a work of art.
Is Sixten Sason a hack just because there were people who manufactured his work? Is Frank Lloyd Wright a fraud because he wasn’t on-site pouring all the concrete himself?
I guess you missed where Koons tried suing people who made Ballon dog sculptures, saying he invented them. People who had been creating dog sculptures out of balloons for decades knew what a bogus claim this was. He lost.
Beautiful cars are designed. They are not made by ripping off other people's work.
@@tthomas184 i did actually miss that part lol ☠️ that's not cool
@@Broskisnowski and Fallingwater is a house
Lol what’s your point
I’m not saying he’s not an artist, but I could never get into his work
@iSchmidity13 The architect designed a house that was never achieved before, from scratch. Koon reproducted an existing sculpture.
That's serious ! Cicciolina, was she married to Jeff Koons ? Why is this not common knowledge in Hungary ? xD I have never heard about this ! She is Hungarian and her name is Ilona Anna Staller.
Jeff Koons work is art but more a joke than Art to those that believe that it is good Art!
True Art inspires and transcend one spiritually. Koon’s works are is simply commercial, obscenely expensive, vulgar lacks substance and vapidly slick and is seductive to a buyer that is naive when it comes to Art with substance.
That's why art is subjective.
True Art is subjective but it requires true connoisseurship and an educated eye to recognize truly exceptional Art from mediocrity in Art.
The noted Art Historian and critic Robert Hughes recognized and noted the mediocrity of Koon’s work that caters to the mediocre taste
of those that place it on a higher plane because of the ridiculous and vulgar high prices that it garners in the Art market and at Art auctions.
Seriously, Koon’s work is still remains mediocre and it is over priced and leaves a great deal to be desired.
And water is also wet.
Buyers with this kind of money are not naïve. They know they're buing trash, merely as a status symbol or sometimes as a money scam. What's worse is when governments or city halls spend taxpayers money on monstrosities such as these.
If an object makes you think? Think about it
It's so sad that balloon dog sculpture has been ripped off so many times with cheap China knockoffs and I bet not a cent goes back to the creator of the work.
Koons doesn’t do his own artwork. He pays real artists to do all his artwork. Fraud.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Reubens, and so many others all used assistants. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel was done thanks to the great help of innumerable assistants that painted the background and figures. Are they all frauds?
Yeah and, Elon Musk doesn't make rockets, Michael Jackson didn't make music, and Tarantino doesn't make movies.
@@martynwonder Yeah and the real Artist of the Sistine Ceiling was the Pope.
@@tthomas184 yeah, the pope said to Mike: hey look at this drawing I made could you help me transfer it onto the ceiling.
@@martynwonder yeah, the Pope handed Michaelangelo a scribble of His Concept with a note saying Make it Cool looking.
There's a similar electric pink sculpture somewhere on NY's street right now and man, it's material really looks more beautiful. What's the thing with $300K really, he's a nonsense
“It’s challenging and it makes me think”. That’s a polite way to say it sucks
I wonder why he didn't just made an actual giant balloon dog for $50 max... I wish I get one for my 27.2 bday party...
What I love about koon'ss work is that there's nothing to it. I'm so tired of artists engaging in discourse.
The wife sounds waay more interesting 😊
Meanwhile people are going poor and here is a massive glass baloon worth up to 10s of thousands just stacked in a pile to be thrown away one day and this is BREAKING NEWS, WHAT ABOUT THE WAR
I’ve got some art for sale that even he can’t afford.
Wink wink.
if I had seen "party hat" without knowing , I would have wrapped a present in it !
He is very lucky not to born in the Netherlands !
Why ??
he is a manipulator
Well, not sure why anybody would malign him as an artist- he's certainly clever and topical. I don't like everything he makes but some of the stuff he Does make= Iconic. It's the same way I feel about Kaufman or Warhol- some stuff is epic and other pieces I don't like= Bananas I Hate- but Campbells soup is classic.
KAWS makes giant murals where he paints the mural and then other people spend hours filling in the colors. Warhol would create screens that Factory hangabouts would print on their own. Somehow Jeff Koons figured out a way to do even less work. An insult not only to every piece of art ever created, but to every artist that ever lived
What I always wonder is "how do you get others to go along with playing this role in life?" I would not allow myself to play this role, let alone pay others to. "I want to make millions of dollars creating a large glossy balloon dog and then I want to make it one of the most significant conversation pieces around the world..." There are a few hundred steps we all have to take between "that's absurd, get a life" to "that's really impressive" and most importantly the modern art industry must believe in mass that they can make money with the script. Once proved, everyone is happy and takes it seriously. Without that, I don't want any of these things in my living room for free, would not buy them for $5. at a garage sale and would not enjoy doing this as much as a new acrylic that felt original. If these things were mixed in a christmas ornament store where everything was $5. I wonder how many people would choose his ornaments over others if they did not know it was art.
Hmm.. I love how you framed this! I think I see what you see, but from a slightly different angle.. what you’re describing is also the magic in movies - the power to suspend the audience’s disbelief.. and that’s no small feat.. especially when the audience KNOWS it isn’t “real” lol.. and in “real” life, the audience has no chance of buying in unless the person playing the role (Koons) buys in 1000%.. and I may or may not like the compositions and I may or may not feel a certain way about their fabrication.. but I’ve always judged artists in all mediums by whether or not I BELIEVE them.. and I definitely believe Koons.. which is the only compliment that really matters, I think..
Koons' art is actually deeply intellectual, and not really intended to be sold as ornaments or at a garage sale, but obviously nobody is required to care about that.
@@scrambledegg7908 Deeply intellectual? You ever heard him talk? Its BS mumbo jumbo about transcendence. Robert Hughes compared it to the self assured patter of a blow dried evangelist.
@@gbmbg114 Look at the art he collects and hangs in his own home. Old masters. Compare that with Picasso who actually did believe in his own work. Koons makes it he doesn't believe in it.
Not all art is a scam, but this firmly is. FIRMLY.
Art which is not art :D
Hunger Games
Oh please be avout hulk
Look into why his wife left him. You won’t think the same if him after
Koons is a perfect example of how art really is a rich man’s game. He is just a rich guy who pays actual artists to create “his” work then takes all the credit. Typical rich guy capitalist mentality. Did none of the work but takes all the credit
Dang party hat is sad
Oh please. What is there to understand? Emperor’s clothe.
I love it when art has to be explained. I've seen the balloon dog before watching the video, and i can honestly say, i still dont get how this is "high art". Also, he didn't make it, he designed it or had it made. SMH
Is his ex wife on X Vid... never mind.
negative,, sorry dont see it that way, it is worth nothing to me.
It is actually really funny, that he always points out, how or when "he" made the piece, when it is really other people who made the whole thing.
This is why I like Anselm Kiefer so much. He creates really huge skulptures, but he is really working on them by himself!
So this is why I am not very impressed with Mr. Koons. He seems more like a clever business man.
Ive always been so pressed about that, old master artists did this too. Like, do ya own work or credit the actual peoplw
kugat
Who celebrates a 1.5 year Olds birthday
Jk
Ummm.....yeah. Anything can be art, I guess.
i love “modern art” but i could never get into his work
I love Erwin Wurm. And think Koon's work is zero.
He is a genius! he has duped everyone. The art world has capitalized on it. Cha-Ching $$$$$$$$$$
The baloon dogs are a joke; and guess who the joke is on?
something interesting about them to me, taking something that is very impermanent, a balloon dog, and making it rather permanent because stainless steel
Boring, uninspired and entirely expected 😴
Privilege
Tuff question ....nothing last forever.😕
"The Emperor's New Cloths" is a must read these days otherwise Fools Day is every day and we are living a very bad dream.
And even this guy with notoriety and millions of dollars has zero recourse when a woman decides to take his kid smh.
the clown made that baloon
😂😂😂😂😂
OVER $MILLION TO 'CONSTRUCT' THE BALLOON DOG...??? FOH
Koons needed a way to continue to believe in humanity, while treating his employees like this >>>💩
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for reals
Jeff Kunt be damned and this era were real great art was killed by egos and monetary gain.
So ,do I understand this? He hires artists to do what he has imagined. If so ? Wow , takes money to make big money in the art world . Imagine that.
He is an artist, he has a concept in his head.
he’s my dad :)
Nothing original about any of his work.
One minute of silence for real artist and art itself
His work is just a joke!
No "starving" artist noted here!
Talking to the richest artist in the world is not informative or even inspiring.
A backstory, no matter how moving, still doesn’t make something art. In principle. And this is how many modern artists attempt to position that what they do is art. Look at it as a test for your own mind. Personally I’m interested in backstory only if an object is art, with craft, and the power to invoke something in people, as it is, in itself, without justification.
Fake art. It's all about the money.
Modern Art:
Overpriced
Overrated
Scams
Money laundering