Jeff Koons – Chateau de Versailles Exhibition

September 10, 2008Uncategorizedby L. Ruano42 Views

Opening up at the Chateau de Versailles in France, American pop artist Jeff Koons continues his international success with a controversial exhibition showcasing some of Koon’s finest works.

“Mingling New York and Versailles, the 21st and the 18th centuries, the baroque and the pop, has presented a practical problem, as well as a political one. It cost more than £1.6m – mostly sponsored by the French billionaire and Koons fan, François Pinault – to transport the gigantic sculptures from all over the globe and install them in the largest royal palace in Europe.”

With a bigger than life approach, most of the works come in large scales with a select few having to be showcased outdoors. Highlighted is an enormous piece made out of mother natures finest including over 90,000 petunias and geraniums planted within the work. Definitely a must see show for those in the area.

Photography: Thibault Camus (AP Photo), AFP

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  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

  • lanjoe9

    Call me close-minded, troll me, anything you like, but he ALMOST killed Versailles (and if you’ve visited Versailles, you know you CAN’T EASILY RUIN such a wonder of absolute elegance and splendour).

    Man, I was SO PISSED OFF when I visited Versailles today and I saw the lobster, it LOOKS RIDICULOUSLY BAD TASTE.
    NOTHING to do with the palace, looks REALLY AWFUL. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

    I really wish I’m able to visit Versailles another time when he’s not around, and I’ll keep an eye on him just to make sure I DON’T visit _ANY_ of his exhibitions. I’ll avoid him like the plague from now on.

    _WORST_EXHIBITION_EVER_
    Thank you so much for almost ruining Versailles!

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  • maliksun

    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

  • maliksun

    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

  • maliksun

    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

  • maliksun

    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

  • maliksun

    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

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    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

  • maliksun

    “truly brilliant”,,, really? Yeah, like the basketball in the aquarium. Give me a break. If you have to explain the meaning of your work or,,”art speak”, then you’re defeating the whole purpose of the individual finding his/her own meaning in the piece. Maybe because there is no meaning, no emotion, nothing. Overblown ego like his nonsense balloon art, Takashi Murakami knockoffs without any kind of emotion or meaning, and the guy doesn’t even create his works. He has a factory team churning out his so-called art. Yes, truly brilliant!!

  • dreamcrusher

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