It is the most famous living artist in the world-his Balloon Dog (Orange) was auctioned for $ 58.4 million in 2013- but Jeff Koons says without hesitation that his economic “has no meaning” and that what matters is to capture the energy of life and become “the best artist”.
It is hoped that the fact to be considered a media artist is only a reflection “of power” of his work and that means that the things he has done “has been helpful to people to the extent that has allowed them make their lives better. “
So philosophical shown the American artist, who traveled to Bilbao (northern Spain) to inaugurate the first major retrospective of his career, reaching the Guggenheim museum after its exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
At the gates of the Guggenheim Koons met Puppy the emblematic flower-covered dog that monitors since its opening the museum. A “nice” for the artist, who thanked the museum to look after his work as well.
reunion“It’s fantastic, I liked reconnect with him,” said Koons, author Tulips , one of the emblematic works of the museum collection, or pieces that has sex with his ex-wife, the Italian porn star Cicciolina.
During the interview, Koons wanted to erase that image of media artist, strategist, businessman and always did his best smile and with statements like that to him what matters is “to be the best artist “and fight” to get it and share it with others, to see how people’s lives are transformed through art “.
recalled that since very little he raised in the art world and taught him “to be an independent, autonomous person.” For me has no meaning economic value, “he says.
So when asked if next Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami enjoys a passport to glory insists he is an artist. “Well, more than an artist, a human being who has always tried to get as big of himself” at what he does.
From child “and we do not yet understand how art could transform human beings and participated in art. When I realized how important it is art, the possibilities involved, I got into a relationship with the world of Renaissance-style, “he says.
This relationship, he says, has allowed him to engage in dialogue with various fields and disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, aesthetics, physics. “It broadened my borders, boundaries. The glory comes through experience and try to be the best version of yourself and share this with others. “
Dear and hated, praised and reviled, the truth is that an exhibition on Koons’ work is a guaranteed success, as we saw in the previous two venues of this retrospective, whose installation at the Guggenheim especially likes.
“I think that the works are very elegant, very fresh. People can appreciate different times and different periods very clearly. The early years are related to physical sensations with emotion, with that implication and that philosophical dialogue; then the reflective work and activities relating to the balance that treat states of being. “
In explaining the exhibition, Koons, who did not want to hear the word” plagiarism “insists his art “helps change the lives of people so they can get out of themselves and reach higher being and accepting the other states.”
“This has led me to walk the halls in different directions and has given me a very powerful feeling. They are very strong, very dynamic level of physical and intellectual work, “he reflects.
One of these works is Michael Jackson and Bubbles , an icon that the singer could not see more than pictures.
“We agreed to meet on a couple of occasions but it was not possible. Those who knew him well said I was very proud of sculpture and who loved Michael came to see the play, even for the night in a museum “,” Koons, who says he is sure he remembered. “
In the last rooms of the exhibition is clearly seen the growing interest of Koons by seniority. She says she “absolutely” heir of classical art and claims the concept of beauty “that has to do with something to lose. When you are carried away by the beauty has spacious feeling. “
Strolling through the city only as a tourist, Koons is proud to have participated to some extent, and through your Puppy , in transforming the Guggenheim has promoted in Bilbao.
“I am pleased to be part of this aesthetics, this structure. Over the years I’ve realized how Puppy has been important for the city. It has become a symbol of its cultural life and identity with the museum. For me it is an honor, many people tell me that this is his favorite work. “
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