Yes, that has been going on since the Renaissance,
but I think – and I can be very wrong on this – that the Zeitgeist has changed, and that “people” crave for something a bit more “real”. If you and I had 3 million dollars (that is my estimate of what the production/prep for this show), wouldn’t that be fun to make little sculptures and blow them up really big?

There should be another show concurrent with this one called “Production: how art colors abstract values” featuring Anselm Reyle, Urs Fischer, Damien Hirst, Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney, Christoph Buchel and most of bronze and aluminum-cast sculpture out there. The texts should have budgets and discussions on production and project managers.

The question goes back to the old “is that what art is really about”? I think the line between institutions and money has to be drawn somewhere. Money and art aren’t the same thing. Everyone knows that the market for Urs Fischer is very deep and that there has been a build-up of his work and a buy-up for a few years now. Look at the list of supporters.

I don’t think it’s bad that tons of money is spent on “supporting an artist” but I do think that at the times we are in, it is interesting to oppose this attitude to the world at large and to the mission of the New Museum itself.

Ok why not have artists curate real shows rather than to go through someone’s art collection and pick favorites? (Vik Muniz at Moma, etc…) BECAUSE THE COLLECTOR IS FOOTING THE BILL.
I’ll say that I actually think Jeff Koons is an amazing art collector, he buys incredible art and has great depth and eye. Courbet, Riemenschneider, etc…his collection should be on display, not Joannou’s.

Yes, that has been going on since the Renaissance,
but I think – and I can be very wrong on this – that the Zeitgeist has changed, and that “people” crave for something a bit more “real”. If you and I had 3 million dollars (that is my estimate of what the production/prep for this show), wouldn’t that be fun to make little sculptures and blow them up really big?

There should be another show concurrent with this one called “Production: how art colors abstract values” featuring Anselm Reyle, Urs Fischer, Damien Hirst, Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney, Christoph Buchel and most of bronze and aluminum-cast sculpture out there. The texts should have budgets and discussions on production and project managers.

The question goes back to the old “is that what art is really about”? I think the line between institutions and money has to be drawn somewhere. Money and art aren’t the same thing. Everyone knows that the market for Urs Fischer is very deep and that there has been a build-up of his work and a buy-up for a few years now. Look at the list of supporters.

I don’t think it’s bad that tons of money is spent on “supporting an artist” but I do think that at the times we are in, it is interesting to oppose this attitude to the world at large and to the mission of the New Museum itself.

Ok why not have artists curate real shows rather than to go through someone’s art collection and pick favorites? (Vik Muniz at Moma, etc…) BECAUSE THE COLLECTOR IS FOOTING THE BILL.
I’ll say that I actually think Jeff Koons is an amazing art collector, he buys incredible art and has great depth and eye. Courbet, Riemenschneider, etc…his collection should be on display, not Joannou’s.