“Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.”
Ah, Koons, if you didn’t exist, some artist would have had to invent you. This statement perfectly captures Koons: the man, Koons: the artist and Koons: the worldview. The outsize, florid quality of the statement reflects the often grand scale of his works and his over-arching ambition as well as his ironic sincerity and his detached sentimentality of KoonsWorld.
Ah, Koons, if you didn’t exist, some artist would have had to invent you. This statement perfectly captures Koons: the man, Koons: the artist and Koons: the worldview. The outsize, florid quality of the statement reflects the often grand scale of his works and his over-arching ambition as well as his ironic sincerity and his detached sentimentality of KoonsWorld.