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August 3, 2009

LA FAMA VERSALLESCA DE JEFF KOONS Y MICHAEL JACKSON - i fucking hate yt for taking down all my good ones

LA FAMA VERSALLESCA DE JEFF KOONS Y MICHAEL JACKSON

Cuando el artista norteamericano Jeff Koons realizó en 1988 la perturbadora, pero atrayente escultura tamaño natural de Michael Jackson y su célebre chimpancé Bubbles, posiblemente no se imaginaba que tres años después ésta llegaría a venderse por 5.3 millones de dólares y que el Museo de Arte Moderno de San Francisco California (SFMOMA) los pagaría. Supongo que en ese entonces tampoco sospechaba que a la repentina muerte del Rey del Pop, esta bizarra escultura en porcelana blanca, dorada y policromada, se convertiría en un mórbido homenaje al cantante, un recordatorio insólitamente considerado de su deceso.
Jeff Koons también es autor de la célebre escultura Hanging heart, la cual superó con creces el precio de venta del Michael, tanto así que actualmente ostenta el récord de haber sido la más cara jamás vendida de su autoría, alcanzando un precio de 23 millones de dólares. Predeciblemente, ambas, Hanging heart y Michael and Bubbles, formaron parte de la selección de obra realizada con motivo de su más reciente exposición retrospectiva, la cual tuvo como sede el Palacio de Versalles. Que la nívea efigie en porcelana se mostrara en este antiguo escenario de la nobleza francesa fue una inesperada pero sugestiva coincidencia que otorgaría una nueva dimensión al término versallesco aplicado a las bellas –y a las no tan bellas- artes.
Pero la toma de Versalles por la chusma popular no era sino una lógica consecuencia de la controversial pero exitosa carrera de Jeff Koons, quien desde hace un buen tiempo había manejado su propia celebridad como todo una rockstar. Una celebridad no carente de altibajos publicitarios y acérrimas críticas a su trabajo por supuesto. Finalmente, sus contradicciones como figura pública no habían estado muy lejos de la extravagancia mostrada por el mismísimo Rey del Pop.
Volviendo a la escultura en cuestión, las tres piezas que forman parte de la edición limitada de Michael and Bubbles se encuentran en los Estados Unidos: una de ellas en colección privada -¿será la del propio Jackson?-, y las otras dos en acervos públicos, siendo éstos el del SFMOMA que ya mencionamos anteriormente, y el LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum). ¿El que ambos museos se encuentren en California, estado donde vivió y murió el cantante pop, podría ser sintomático? ¿Premonitorio, tal vez?
Pero el origen y destino de Michael and Bubbles van todavía más allá. La escultura forma parte de una serie a la que Jeff Koons nombró como Banality, en alusión a las cosas sin importancia que amenizan nuestra vida diaria, los intrascendentes hechos de lo cotidiano y la efímera condición de lo popular. Entre las esculturas de Banality encontramos incómodas cerámicas de ancianitos, imágenes de animales, niños y ositos de peluche, un busto de san Juan el Bautista al mejor estilo del pasaje Catedral y una Pantera Rosa erotizada, entre otros motivos. El dominador común de todas ellas podría ser que la vulgaridad y el mal gusto intrínsecos han sido llevados a una categoría diferente, convirtiéndose en perversos objetos de deseo, presencias atractivas y repelentes a la vez.
En el caso de Michael Jackson and Bubbles este efecto se ve exacerbado por su absurdo hiperrealismo. La postura relajada del cantante, infantilmente sentado sobre una cama de flores, su rostro sonriente pero al mismo tiempo vacío, su mascota en extremo humanizada, la vestimenta dorada de ambos y la blancura propia del material ironizan la lastimera condición del cantante a la vez que hacen clara referencia al mundo decadente, autocomplaciente y extravagante que lo rodeaba.
Esta escultura representa con gran eficacia la estética de lo horrible y el derecho irrefutable al kitsch. Al mismo tiempo ilustra elocuentemente el culto a la personalidad tanto del retratado como al artista que lo retrata. En una sola obra vemos la síntesis de dos enormes estrellas norteamericanas del pop, en la música y en las artes plásticas, quienes con sus productos y su poder de mercadeo, han conquistado al mundo. Los dos son agridulces protagonistas del canibalismo más violento en esta sociedad de consumo.

IMAGEN:
JEFF KOONS (Estados Unidos, 1955)
Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 1988
Porcelana
106.7 x 179.1 x 82.6 cm
Edición de tres y prueba de autor
©Jeff Koons
http://www.jeffkoons.com/site/index.html

REFERENCIAS:
The Broad Art Foundation. Santa Monica / LACMA. Broad Contemporary Art Museum
http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=151886;type=101 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://www.sfmoma.org/multimedia/interactive_features/74
Video en You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YbE0a-zz8I
LA FAMA VERSALLESCA DE JEFF KOONS Y MICHAEL JACKSON

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MICHAEL JACKSON’S LAST DAYS WHAT HAPPENED DOCUMENTARY VIDEO | Binside TV

MICHAEL JACKSON’S LAST DAYS WHAT HAPPENED DOCUMENTARY VIDEO

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Posted on 18 Jul 2009 at 8:46am

A new documentary tries to explain what happened to Michael Jackson. The King of Pop died suddenly before his scheduled July “This is It” O2 concerts.  Rest in Peace Michael Jackson.

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AS PROMISED: An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks may not be the truth you think you hear.

  • Jul. 8th, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Vice: We do it with mirrors.

Let's do something a little lighter than last time, hm?

So, [info]hardboiledbaby did this lovely quotes meme, and I don't know if anyone has noticed or not, but I am mad for quotes--have several volumes of them, painstakingly copied out by hand, and two full text docs living via the magic of Google--and am a total joiner, so here we go.

(Only five???? Wah! Seriously. I had to set up a whole quotefight tournament, mortal kombat-style, to get it even remotely near five. In order to keep some semblance of order, I restricted myself to just the docs in the computer. And then I took out all the severed hands, in case people were eating while reading this. And still, the semi-finals were just brutal, people. Just brutal.)



Illustrative Quote #1:

"They dragged themselves out of the room as slowly as they dared and went upstairs, stamping out 'Man's long agony' on the bare boards of the nursery passage so that nobody in the whole house could fail to hear them.
'Those children read too much,' said Aunt Sadie." --Nancy Mitford, Love in a Cold Climate


Illustration: I read too much.

Illustrative Quote #2:

"The night before last, I dreamed about the mansion and estates of a family whose oldest ancestor was preserved in poisonous chemicals a vault at the heart of the house: but every now and then he was lifted out, drained, and shaved of the mold that had gathered on his dead skin, and at these moments he could be asked questions and he would answer."

--[info]sovay, 09/16/07



Illustration: I really like haunted houses.

Illustrative Quote #3:

Coworker #1: Yeah, we should go ahead and fix that. Then, when we're done, we could dance around it like pagans.
Coworker #2: What? I don't even know what to say to you sometimes.
Coworker #1: Just stand back and pity my mother.

Washington, DC, 04/23/08


Illustration? I live 5,000 miles from my nearest blood relative. It is so awesome I sometimes find myself weeping for joy. Every so often I receive an email from my mother which confirms this is the best arrangement ever. Now I think, everyone should try it, just once, to see if it's for them or not. I mean, you can always move back if you need to. Or, you could just keep going.

Illustrative Quote #4:

"I like babies, but prefer to make silly faces at them from the safety of across the room rather than have them come out of my vagina just to hang out for another 18 years."

--feministing.com, 07/03/07



Illustration? I have four dogs and three rabbits.

Illustrative Quote #5:

And then there's the best scene in the book, which happens to the Effeminate Young Gentleman. His sister is being pursued by a dastardly highwayman, who is involved in a conspiracy against the government! Eldyn must find out the dastardly highwayman's secret, but obviously no gentleman could risk his sister in such a venture. So... Eldyn grabs his sister's dress and bonnet, and sallies forth to get the state secrets. (I told you he was an Effeminate Young Gentleman!)

HIGHWAYMAN: There's something different about you today.
ELDYN: La, sir, I cannot imagine what you mean!
HIGHWAYMAN: Really, really different.
ELDYN: I have tried a new rouge today, tee hee, that must be it!
HIGHWAYMAN: Let's discuss this in a private room. DON'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST?
ELDYN: Oh dear.
HIGHWAYMAN: Seriously now, there's something very different about you. AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
ELDYN: Gulp?
HIGHWAYMAN: You inflame me as you never have before!
SARAH: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
ELDYN: ... Say what?
HIGHWAYMAN: You saucy minx, I must have you now!
ELDYN: ...
HIGHWAYMAN: I can't wait to get under your silken skirts!
ELDYN: Well, I guess sometimes people like to get surprises?
HIGHWAYMAN: Beg pardon?
ELDYN: Baby, do you know what gets me hot? State secrets.

--[info]sarahtales, 10/13/08.



Illustration? I like books, and cross-dressing, and books about cross-dressing, and Effeminate Young Gentlemen. I like outbursts in capital letters, and I like books about spies and games and tricking people. This quote makes me giddy with laughter.

But wait!

Illustrative Quote #6:

"If your best friend gets it, that's all that matters." --Kathleen Hanna



Illustration? I follow directions very poorly indeed.

Off you go, kittens. I showed you mine...