Jeff Koons one of the main representatives of modern art, is still producing kitsch, in fact he is now stealing beautiful traditional art and adding his own brand of cynicism to it. Before that, it was ceramic flying pigs and today he is sticking gazing balls onto traditional paintings by masters, in the vein of Duchamp's toilet, as a work of art but without the subtle irony and intellectual connotation. Apparently he was enamoured with gazing balls when young and now because he is "famous" can put them willy nilly on a canvas and fetch $150, 000 for each. And to add fuel to the fire, he is referring to these monstrosities as philosophical renderings of eternity! HA, I say!
Koons is just like the guys who think with their balls instead of their brains.
I was hoping to see some more authentic art in the marketplace in the early days of 2017, but here is Koons already cluttering up our minds and space.
But what can be done with idiot Collectors who choose to make him famous and are only hoping to bump up the prices of their investments! UGH!
The problem is that professional people like art historians are ignored and uninformed money people are driving the art world.
The art world is crazy. There are talented artists out there, but people will pay silly money for novelties. Some of them are like a one line joke. Generally not that funny after 5 minutes
@steevc. The problem is that professional people like art historians are ignored and uninformed money people are driving the art world. As my ex-father-in-law said "I have money so I don't need to know anything else..." That attitude of ignorance is what is driving the art market.
I guess art is a free market like other things and people are free to pay what they want to get something exclusive. There are enough rick folk out there to keep it going.
Art is in the eye of the beholder.
@sillygoon. That is like saying science is what you sniff out of test tubes...
Maybe art historians are part of the problem. I think there's a lot of art that is interesting only as a continuation of an evolution in the history of art, but totally uninteresting as art when you remove the historic connotations. Some artists are just trying to find a niche in art history in stead of trying to express something or themselves, which also forces them to find things that haven't been done before, never mind what it is about.
@ocrdu. my point is that art is a profession but seem to think it is a free for all...Picasso would have never been discovered if it wasn't for art historians who look for what is worthwhile and authentic in art, what is transcendent. people who are not professional only see what is gimmicky, and think that is original.