A Favorite of Mine : Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons
Gagosian  Gallery 

JEFF KOONS

Balloon Flower, 2006

High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating

114 x 132 x 108 inches (289.6 x 335.3 x 274.3 cm)

Version 4/4

Jeff Koons was born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania. He received his B.F.A. at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since his emergence in the 1980s Jeff Koons has blended the concerns and methods of Pop, Conceptual, and appropriation art with craft-making and popular culture to create his own unique iconography, often controversial and always engaging. His work explores contemporary obsessions with sex and desire; race and gender; and celebrity, media, commerce, and fame. A self-proclaimed "idea man," Koons hires artisans and technicians to make the actual works. For him, the hand of the artist is not the important issue: "Art is really just communication of something and the more archetypal it is, the more communicative it is."

Jeff Koons' artworks rarely inspire moderate responses, and this is one signal of the importance of his achievement. Focusing on some of the most unexpected objects as models for his work, Koons' works eschew typical standards of "good taste" in art and zero in rather precisely on the vulnerabilities of hierarchies and value systems. As critic Christopher Knight has written "He turns the traditional cliché of the work of art inside out: Rather than embodying a spiritual or expressive essence of a highly individuated artist, art here is composed from a distinctly American set of conventional middle-class values."

 

Since his first solo show in 1980, Koons' work has been widely exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. Recent solo shows include the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (2003), the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (2004), which traveled to the Helsinki City Art Museum (2005); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2008); "Jeff Koons: Versailles,"château de Versailles, France (2008-2009). In 2009 alone, Koons had four major solo exhibitions in public institutions: the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; and the Serpentine Gallery, London. Koons lives and works in New York City.

 

Please visit the artist's website jeffkoons.com

Carol Hunt at the Spanirrman Modern Aug. 23-Oct. 6

Special: The Hampton Classic Horse Show 8/26-9/2

The Hampton Classic Horse Show 

Above The Hampton Classis Horse Show 2011/© Jamie Ellin Forbes/ SunStormarts Publishing Co Inc.                           Hampton Classic Horse Show, Inc. • PO Box 3013 • Bridgehampton, NY  11932-3013   631-537-3177 • 631-537-5443 (FAX) • info@hamptonclassic.com • www.hamptonclassic.com  37th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show Opening Day  Sunday, August 26, 2012               Horse Show runs Sunday, August 26 through Sunday, September 2, 2012 240 Snake Hollow Road                  Bridgehampton, NY FEATURES: The Hampton Classic, August 26 – September 2, is one of the most prestigious horse shows in the nation and features competitors at every level from young children in leadline to Olympic veterans in the Classic’s feature event, the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup Qualifier. Opening Day at the Hampton Classic will feature hundreds of riders from Long Island competing in local hunter divisions.               Headlining competition on Opening Day is the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge, beginning at 8:00 a.m.  More than thirty top show jumping riders and horses are expected to compete in this popular speed class. Following a brief Opening Day ceremony at 1:30 pm, the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by MeadowView Farms, will take center stage in the Grand Prix Ring.  This class features some of the nation’s best hunter horses and riders.

Hamptons Classic Horse Show update: Best ever

Extensive Broadcast Coverage Planned For Hampton Classic Horse Show USEF Network and HRTV to Webcast $50,000 USHJA Hunter Derby and $250,000 FTI Grand Prix WVVH-TV and ShowNet.com to Present Live Coverage Each Day Bridgehampton, NY—August 22, 2012—For those who can’t make it to the 2012 Hampton Classic to see its world-class horse show competition in person, there will be extensive opportunities to watch the excitement of this year’s horse show on television and online. The 37th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show returns to Bridgehampton, NY, August 26–September 2.  Those wishing to watch competition will be able to do so through several outlets. WVVH-TV, the official Long Island television station of the Hampton Classic, will broadcast live competition and highlights each day during the Classic.  These broadcasts can also be seen online at www.wvvh.tv. ShowNet will webcast all classes held in the Grand Prix Ring live throughout the entire horse show.  Access to this pay-per-view stream may be found on the Hampton Classic website at www.hamptonclassic.com, or via ShowNet membership at www.ShowNet.biz.  In addition, most of the Classic’s jumper and hunter classes from all other rings will also be available, many live, through ShowNet at www.ShowNet.biz. Two additional outlets, the USEF Network.com, Presented by SmartPak, and HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, will both offer free live webcasts of the Classic’s featured events on its two Sundays—the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by MeadowView Farms, on Sunday, August 26 and the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup™ Qualifier on Sunday, September 2.             “We are thrilled to announce expanded broadcast coverage of this year’s Hampton Classic,” said Shanette Cohen, Executive Director of the Hampton Classic. “In addition to our traditional coverage on WVVH-TV, we will have most classes from all our show rings available online through ShowNet plus two featured live class webcasts on both the USEF Network and HRTV.  Access to Hampton Classic competition has never been greater!” For those who want to watch all the excitement of Opening Day’s $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby and Grand Prix Sunday’s $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World Cup™ Qualifier, the USEF Network, Presented by SmartPak, and HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, will be featuring these events as part of their equestrian coverage.  The Hunter Derby on Sunday, August 26 at 1:30 pm, features some of the nation’s best hunter horses and riders and the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix on Sunday, September 2 at 2:00 pm, features some of the world’s best show jumping horses and riders including riders just back from the London Olympic Games. In addition to providing online coverage of most of the classes in the Classic’s six show rings, ShowNet will be providing the camera shots and video coverage for the Hunter Derby and Grand Prix webcasts on USEF Network.com and HRTV. ShowNet LLC provides real-time equestrian event management, updates and results as well as live video webcasts of competition at several horse shows throughout the year.  Information on all of ShowNet’s services is available at www.ShowNet.biz. WVVH-TV, a broadcast partner of the Hampton Classic Horse Show since 1996, will provide live television coverage daily from 1:00-5:00 pm.  Nightly specials will recap each day’s activities from 8:00-10:00 pm.  The WVVH broadcasts can also be seen online at www.wvvh.tv. WVVH-TV will be providing a total of over 40 hours of coverage including live coverage of the Grand Prix with a repeat broadcast primetime that evening.  WVVH-TV will again activate its permanent Lightpath fiber optic link between the Bridgehampton Hampton Classic Show Grounds and the WVVH-TV studios in Wainscott, New York to bring the excitement of the Hampton Classic live in digital quality to WVVH-TV’s viewers, an unprecedented commitment for coverage of a live sports event by a New York television station. The USEF Network.com, Presented by SmartPak, is an online broadcast platform provided by the United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. (USEF), the National Governing Body for equestrian sport in the United States.  As the country's largest multi-breed organization serving 27 breeds and disciplines, the Federation licenses more than 2,600 equestrian competitions nationwide each year. HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, is a television-based multimedia network dedicated to equine sports. HRTV's programming features horseracing from top U.S. and international racetracks, as well as a wide range of world-class English and Western horse competitions, news, original programming and award-winning documentaries covering the world of horse sports. The live stream of HRTV is available on a subscription basis to high-speed Internet users worldwide at www.hrtv.com. In the U.S., the HRTV television network is available via telco, cable and satellite in over 19 million homes. For more information on the Hampton Classic Horse Show, please visit the Hampton Classic website at www.hamptonclassic.com or call (631) 537-3177.  Hampton Classic Horse Show, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation.

For you Cooking Buffs this may be fun: MAN FIRE FOOD

MAN FIRE FOOD

Airing on Cooking Channel Tuesday Nights at 10:00PM ET | 7:00PM PT

The heat is on as chef Roger Mooking travels the country to discover inventive ways to cook with fire, in Cooking Channel’s new series Man Fire Food.  Roger endures the heat as he visits with pit masters, chefs and home cooks, all looking to create complex, flavorful dishes utilizing the element of fire.  Whether cooking over an open fire in a rustic chuck wagon or smoking meat from inside a double-decker, Roger follows the smoke signals for a mouthful of flavor and a whole lot of heat.

Feast Over Flame | SERIES PREMIERE

Tuesday, September 18^th at 10:00PM ET | 7:00PM PT

The fires glow bright in the Carolinas.  Roger visits Skylight Inn, family-run restaurant in Ayden, North Carolina who have been serving whole hog-style barbecue for 65 years.  In Greer, South Carolina, five friends create an extravagant two-day, meat-filled feast called “Bovinova, Barn Yard Burn.”  Six hundred hungry barbecue lovers come for the surf and turf paella, roasted chickens, roasted lamb, pigs and the main attraction, a whole roasted cow!

CHECK out the Tribecca Film Fes; See if you like and of the listed films

http://www.tribecafilm.com

FOR ELLEN

Select theatrical release:

New York             September 5                         Film Forum

Seattle                   September 14                      SIFF Cinema

Denver                  September 28                      Colfax 3

Miami                   September 28                      Miami Beach Cinematheque

Chicago                October 19                           Gene Siskel Center

Additional cities to be announced

Available nationwide on demand beginning September 19^th 

Writer/Director: So Yong Kim

Producer: Bradley Rust Gray and Jen Gatien

Featuring:  Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Margarita Levieva, Jena Malone, Shaylena Mandigo

Aspiring rock star Joby Taylor (Paul Dano- THERE WILL BE BLOOD, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) has wanted nothing more than to “make it”, having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. In the midst of a low period in his life, he agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife (Margarita Levieva- “Revenge,” “How To Make It In America”) in order to see money from the sale of their home, only to discover that by signing the papers, he will forfeit all custody of his six-year-old daughter, Ellen (newcomer Shaylena Mandigo). With a good-natured lawyer (Jon Heder- NAPOLEON DYNAMITE) unable to make headway in reversing the decision, and a girlfriend (Jena Malone- INTO THE WILD) that represents an era of his life that he might be ready to graduate from, Joby negotiates a visit with his daughter to explore whether he is able to walk away from his child, and whether it might be too late for reconciliation.

Premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival

HOLLOW

Available nationwide on demand beginning September 19

Director: Michael Axelgaard

Writer/Producer:  Matthew Holt

Featuring: Emily Plumtree, Jessica Ellerby, Sam Stockman,           Matt Stokoe

           

An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.

World Premiere at Fantasia Film Festival 2011

European Premiere at Raindance Film Festival 2011

Nominated for Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2011

Nominated for British Independent Film Award

GRAVE ENCOUNTERS 2

Theatrical Late Night Screenings

New York             October 12           Village East Cinema

Baltimore             October 12           The Charles Theater

Phoenix                 October 12           Harkins Valley Art Theater

Denver                  October 12           Denver Film Center

San Diego             October 12           Gaslamp

Additional cities to be announced

Available nationwide on demand beginning October 2

Presented by:  The Vicious Brothers

Director:         John Poliquin

Writer:            The Vicious Brothers

Producer:        Shawn Angelski, Martin Fisher

Featuring:       Richard Harmon, Dylan Playfair, Sean Rogerson, Leanne Lapp

Stephanie Bennett, Howard Lai, Ben Wilkinson

GRAVE ENCOUNTERS was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie.  Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in GRAVE ENCOUNTERS 2.  Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube.  While he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face-to-face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel. 

  THE COMEDY

Select Theatrical Release:

Los Angeles                November 9               

New York                  November 16             

Phoenix                       November 16             

Seattle                         November 16             

San Francisco             November 23             

Denver                        November 30             

Additional cities to be announced

Available nationwide on demand beginning October 24^th

 Director:         Rick Alverson

Writer:            Rick Alverson, Robret Donne, Colm O’Leary

Producer:        Mike S. Ryan, Brent Kunkle

Featuring:       Tim Heidecker, Kate Lyn Sheil, Eric Wareheim,

Alexia Rasmussen, James Murphy, Gregg Turkington

On the cusp of inheriting his father's estate, Swanson (Tim Heidecker, "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!") is a man with unlimited options. An aging hipster in Brooklyn, he spends his days in aimless recreation with like-minded friends (“Tim & Eric” co-star Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy and comedian Gregg Turkington a.k.a.“Neil Hamburger”) in games of comic irreverence and mock sincerity. As Swanson grows restless of the safety a sheltered life offers him, he tests the limits of acceptable behavior, pushing the envelope in every way he can. Heidecker’s deadpan delivery cleverly masks a deep desire for connection and sense in the modern world. The Comedy wears its name on its sleeve, but director Rick Alverson's powerful and provocative character study touches a darkness behind the humor that resonates with viewers long after the story ends.

Premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival

Official selection of:

SXSW 2012

BAMcinemaFest 2012 http://www.tribecafilm.com http://www.tribecafilm.com

Looks Like: Fun: The Capri Presents Alexander Mijares Art Exhibit August 25th from 7-10pm

The Capri Presents Alexander Mijares Art Exhibit

August 25th from 7-10pm

The Capri hotel

281 County Road, 39A Route 27

Southampton, NY 11968

Phone: 631-504-6575