KOONANA - A DANGEROUS ART Painting

KOONANA - A DANGEROUS ART (Part of the series A DANGEROUS MONKEY) (Port / English) * 80x80cm - Acrylic and oil on canvas - 2020 * We continue with my humorous and, of course, aesthetically pleasing criticism of the surreal world of art that prices and sells for 91.9 million dollars - record for a living artist (2019) - a shiny stainless steel sculpture of a rabbit , entitled ... "Rabbit". The "artist" who signs (note the "sign") the "work" (I will choke on quotes and parentheses in a moment) is none other than the American Jeff Koons. Koons, who at one time hired up to 100 assistants to do the job he cannot or simply does not want to do, is also accused and guilty in the plagiarism court several times. Plagiarism itself, which is simply too much inspiration in just one reference so to speak. The big question is that his works sell for so much money that the crime ends up paying off. The most recent case is the work "Fait d'Hiver", which plagiarized a 1985 advertising campaign. Koons was ordered to pay 135 thousand Euros, while only 1 of the three editions of his "work" was sold for 4.3 million dollars. The question of who buys his work is also raised several times and, like HIrst, it shows the rotten and dangerous side of the art market of those who sail in millionaire figures. From time to time there is an excess of works by the artist on offer and the artist himself and his investors, ops, collectors, decide to buy the surplus to try to keep the prices up there. This is not new for some, but perhaps for most people it is. Of people who usually spit "ah, this is money laundering" without even knowing how to launder money without being literally. Anyway, as cute as they are, I just can't see any value in Koons' work other than what was spent on material to do it. His explanations of the jobs only make things worse. Youtube is there for those who want to see what it says. If you still believe that the earth is flat and that the day you were born determines your future, you might fall for this guy's lip service. I don't, honestly. On the other hand, it is clear that his work "is not for my beak" (as they say here in Brazil) at all. Perhaps if the values ​​were not so detached from any imaginable reality, I would find something interesting. But art, in addition to the artist's name and curriculum, makes much of its monetary value. How much is paid for something adds or decreases its value. I believe that Koons shows us that the curve is not always ascending in this case. If you made it this far, one of two: you are bored of the Coronavirus quarantine or you must have understood the name of my work. I thought "Koonana" fits- perfectly. I have already talked about the banana issue in this series in previous texts. Koons + Banana = Koonana. Maybe suddenly I even create an affection for Koons metallic balloon dog. But when I crossed Hirst's spots with Koons' dog, the screen went naked and exclaimed "BANANA!" This is what you see in the painting. THE EMPEROR IS NAKED, and he shows that he is a banana. Anyway, I think this painting - modesty aside - is really cool. Always, regardless of what I want to go through, I look for the aesthetic issue. My mission as an artist, even when I criticize something, is to try to make it interesting and if possible beautiful. Like Hirst, I don't hate Koons. As much as I don't see the value that millionaires or other connoisseurs find in his work, I even thank the God of art that people like that exist because it is much more for me to create some kind of north about my own art. I don't know what my job will be like in a few decades. I may bite my tongue. But rather biting my tongue than lying to myself about what I do. * Grazie and forza italia, forza brasile, supereremo issue difficult period! * CARRAZEDO, Eric * Follow me on Instagram: @CarrazedoArt

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:31.5 W x 31.5 H x 1.6 D in

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