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Celeb News: Jeff Koons talks ARTPOP cover
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Jeff Koons talks ARTPOP cover
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In addition to creating the album cover — which features a photo of Gaga naked, cupping her breasts — Koons also created a "larger than life" statue of Mother Monster, he told MTV News, that will be revealed at Gaga's Art Rave in New York City on Sunday (November 10), ahead of the record's release. Koons said he only made one statue, and plans are uncertain as of now as to what its future will be.
Ahead of the Rave, MTV News spoke with Koons about meeting Gaga, his album art and, of course, transcendence.
On Meeting Gaga:
"The first time that I met Lady Gaga was at the Metropolitan Museum's annual ball, the fashion ball. And Gaga performed and she did a fantastic performance. Afterwards I was with Miuccia Prada and Gaga came up to say 'hello' to Miuccia and I was introduced to her and it was amazing. She just kind of grabbed ahold of me and gave me a big hug around my waist and she just said, 'You know, Jeff, I've been such a fan of yours, and when I was a kid just hanging out in Central Park I would talk to my friends about your work.' I was thrilled. I had just watched Gaga give an incredible performance and I was always a big fan. It was very meaningful. So that was the first time I met her. And that was probably about three years ago."
On Getting The Call:
"I guess in late spring of this year we received a telephone call, my studio, from Brandon [Maxwell], a very close friend of Gaga's, her stylist that she works with. And [he] said that there was interest that I would work on the album."
On The Meaning Of The Gazing Ball:
"She came and she saw my gazing ball show that I had at the David Zwirner Gallery this summer. She loved the work. She got down on the floor in front of some of the sculptures, especially a sculpture of Ariadne. These pieces were all white plaster — I would take classical sculptures and have a mold of them made and I would put a gazing ball on it.
"What was beautiful about that work was the accessibility of the ball — that reflective ball that many people have in their yards as a symbol of generosity to your neighbors. But when you'd look at it you'd feel this transcendence where the ball would become everything and it would be about a mass dialogue about people not only wanting transcendence for themselves, but involved with the community discussing transcendence and what the possibilities are for humans."
On The ARTPOP Cover:
"With the cover, I wanted to have Gaga there as a sculpture, as a three-dimensional type of form and with the gazing ball, because the gazing ball really does become kind of the symbol for everything — and this aspect of reflection that when you come across something like a gazing ball, it affirms you, it affirms your existence and then from that affirmation, you start to want more. There's a transcendence that takes place and eventually it really leads you to everything. So that aspect's there."
On Gaga As Apollo:
"But I didn't want Gaga there just kind of isolated, so in the background there's [Gian Lorenzo] Bernini's 'Apollo and Daphne' — and that's the work where Apollo chases Daphne and she turns into a tree. And so there's just glimpses of Daphne's face and of Apollo. Apollo is the god of music and whenever Apollo would perform music he would transcend, he would change; his being would become more feminine. And that's the transcendence that you can experience through art and life. Your being can change, your possibilities can change, your perimeters can change."
On Gaga As Venus:
"And also in this triangular shapes that go out is Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus,' presenting Gaga of course in the role of Venus — of the nature of the continuation of life's energy and the pursuit and the enjoyment of aesthetics and of beauty. And of the desire to continually have transcendence."
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/171...ff-koons.jhtml
I'm still wondering if the statue is gonna remain in Koons or Gaga's posession... would be cool if it came along to each tour date to be exhibited, although I think it would be too complicated to do that.
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Gaga better keep it.
If the gazing ball worth between 35-50 millions. The sculpture could worth twice in the future.
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I would like Jeff to keep it. Imagine the acclaim if he exhibited it at each of his exposés.
Here for one of the biggest living artists displaying Gaga to the art world as the piece of art that she is. 
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Earlier today I was listening to the song and I heard koons. I'm like, what does koons mean. So I google koons and I found his name. Really ironic that I didn't know him before today and now I've heard his name twice.
Anyways, back on topic, I think Gaga should keep it!
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Very good and informative interview. 
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IDK why, but his way of wording his thoughts and ideas reminds me of Gaga's a bit. 
The statue is beautiful and I think he should keep it.
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There needs to be a Gaga Archive open to the public, tbh.
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He should keep it as he is the artist. It would look better in his collection. and Gaga keeping a statue of herself would make her look petty.
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Originally posted by gueranegra
He should keep it as he is the artist
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Well, it's not clear if Gaga paid him/commissioned the statue (in which case it's hers), or if Jeff agreed to do it just for himself (in which case he could later display it, sell it, etc.)
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I like Koons
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Originally posted by Eric.
IDK why, but his way of wording his thoughts and ideas reminds me of Gaga's a bit. |
That's because Gaga's an artisté, duh 
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I feel she should keep it because if he does, he might milk the hell out of it making money of her name. That's one thing I'm scared off.
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I feel she should keep it because if he does, he might milk the hell out of it making money of her name. That's one thing I'm scared off.
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Oh, he's going to. All he cares about is exploiting art collectors. Have you guys ever looked at his twitter? He's only half joking. He stinks.
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Oh, he's going to. All he cares about is exploiting art collectors. Have you guys ever looked at his twitter? He's only half joking. He stinks.
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"Exploiting art collectors"  And I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that Twitter is just a parody account...
But for the record, he'd have no need to "milk" this sculpture (although he'd be fully within his rights to as the artist) consider he pretty much eats, breathes, and ***** dollar bills already.
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I like him and his work is honestly really great. I love the ARTPOP cover, it's her best one yet.
His paintings are EVERYTHING, and I love the gazing ball sculptures.
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