Unlike
belief, is the first readymade
not the bicycle wheel, which is in fact
an assembly of objects, but the bottle holders,
Marcel Duchamp was content to sign.
It also provided a definition
very explicit "common object promoted to the dignity
art object by the mere choice of the artist. "
Despite the reservations of Duchamp himself,
the importance of readymade should not be
underestimated, since a good part of
contemporary art follows. By negation
provocative he has shown, the readymade
has pushed the ratio of the actual artists
and moral responsibility. While calling
the artist reaffirmed its sovereign powers,
it has indeed demonstrated their effectiveness ridiculous.
At the unique work of art opposed
the multiplication of the manufactured object.
Except that used by other
its inventor the notion of readymade
has considerably faded, I
The proof that the world of finance
grabbed it, making a catalog
kitsch symbol of his power. The artist
most representative, perhaps, this
the current trend is the readymade US
Jeff Koons, who had the revelation of art
while he was trader on Wall Street.
Vacuum cleaners, kitchen utensils, rabbits
inflatable, piglets sugar, trinkets
Rococo with porn queen, Jeff Koons tries
to understand why and how objects
or consumer products can
be glorified. The problem is that
Marcel Duchamp had largely responded to
this matter in 1914. The fact remains
not unless Puppy, monumental sculpture
a lapdog, conducted with more
100,000 of flowers, is a spectacular work
and fun, as you can check the
the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. In 2008, Versailles
hosted a Jeff Koons exhibition in
the royal apartments and gardens
castle. Rabbit, one of the creations
most emblematic Koons was exposed
in the Abundance Salon, the Grand
Vase of Flowers, a tribute to motherhood,
in the apartments of Queen Marie Antoinette,
specifically in the room where the princes
heirs to the crown were developed
world Lobster, its famous inflatable lobster,
in the Salon de Mars. It was the first
monographic exhibition devoted to this
artist in France and seventeen of his works
There were presented. Unlike
that more servile skilful marketing
claimed, the Jeff Koons exhibition
Versailles has delighted children well
has it shocked the bourgeois.
Proselytes of the dominant culture have
nevertheless worked hard, but
mayonnaise scandal did not take.
Even the venerable Society of Friends
Versailles, 6,000 members strong, declined
to argue, relying to the public.
This, perhaps anxious to stick to
air time, made an enthusiastic welcome
lobster and friends small rabbits.
Nonetheless be noted that before being
appointed to Versailles, the organizer of
Jeff Koons exhibition was Director
Palazzo Grassi in Venice, a property
French Industrial great collector
works of a ... Jeff Koons.
In the words of the great art historian
Michel Ragon: "Bourgeois society will adapt
still better than Gauguin in Tahiti
Courbet Place Vendôme ... "She is very
well accommodated by Jeff Koons in Versailles,
bourgeois society. But the main
buyers of American artist Bernard
Madoff and French Industrial I
talking, do they doubt that beyond the investment
merchant, their immoderate taste for readymades
Koons first fall of a culture
kitsch that goes back to early childhood?
As it is true that finding the sweet taste
porcelains of Saxony and calendars
PTT is priceless ...
