Jeff Koons’s “Banality” sculptures of the late 1980s are anything but ordinary: few can easily forget the sight of the Pink Panther embracing a partially naked woman, for one. But there’s nothing quite so out of the ordinary about the artist’s recent creations such as his 2016–21 sculpture Aphrodite, an eight-and-half-foot-tall nude that made its public debut at Gagosian gallery in New York last week. “Standing before it, I felt so unstimulated that I wished I were somewhere else entirely,” Alex Greenberger writes.
You’d be forgiven for wanting something more provocative—especially because it’s been seven years since Koons last had a solo show in New York, the city where his sprawling studio is based. Between this show and the last one in New York, also at Gagosian, Koons became the world’s most expensive living artist, with his 1986 sculpture Rabbit selling for $91.1 million in 2019.
傑夫昆斯 (Jeff Koons) 20 世紀 80 年代末的「平庸」系列雕塑絕非尋常：例如，很少有人能輕易忘記粉紅豹擁抱半裸女性的畫面。然而，這位藝術家近期的作品卻並無太多不同尋常之處，例如他 2016 年至 2021 年創作的雕塑《阿芙羅狄蒂》(Aphrodite)，這座高達八英尺半的裸體雕塑上週在紐約高古軒畫廊首次公開亮相。 「站在它面前，我感到如此乏味，以至於我希望自己身處別處，」亞歷克斯·格林伯格 (Alex Greenberger) 寫道。
你或許會想要一些更具挑釁性的作品——尤其是在昆斯上次在紐約舉辦個展已經是七年前的事了，而他的龐大工作室就位於紐約。從本次展覽到上次在紐約高古軒畫廊舉辦的展覽之間，庫恩斯憑藉其1986年的雕塑作品《兔子》在2019年以9110萬美元的價格售出，成為當時世界上身價最高的在世藝術家。
“在似乎無窮無盡的資金和技術意志的支撐下，庫恩斯創作了一系列作品，這些作品與曾經啟發他的那些小玩意兒一樣平庸。”
“Enabled by a seemingly limitless amount of money and technical willpower, Koons has produced a body of work that’s just as banal as the tchotchkes that once inspired him.”
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As Barnes & Noble Struggles to Find Footing, Founder Takes Heat
By ALEXANDRA ALTER and TIFFANY HSU
Sales are falling and critics say the company lacks a direction, sometimes seeming to give priority to sales of gifts and tchotchkes over books.
Definitely not a pretty boy, then! Jessie turned the air blue as her rescuer told her "I love you"
turn the air blue (phrase) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary
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tchotchke
/ˈtʃɒtʃkə/
noun
informal
plural noun: tchotchkes
- 1.North American Englisha small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket."a pig mug and a dozen or so other porcine tchotchkes adorn his office"
- 2.US Englisha pretty girl or woman."just look at my little tchotchke growing up"
類義語
Tchotchkeの意味や使い方 【名詞】1安価な派手な装身具(an inexpensive showy trinket)2魅力的な、型にはまらない女性(an attractive, unconventional woman) -
Urban Dictionary: Tchotchke
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A small piece of worthless crap, a decorative knick knack with little or no purpose. Side note: Chotchkie can be pretty, sentimental, or even occasionally useful though it usually breaks easily if useful. If you are having trouble identifying ...
A tchotchke (/ˈtʃɒtʃkə/ CHOTCH-kə)[1][2][3][4][5] is a small bauble or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americansand in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere. It is Slavic in origin.
The word may also refer to free promotional items dispensed at trade shows, conventions, and similar commercial events. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called "tchotchke shops".
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