Jeff Koons and Song Su-nam
Jacques Paye
Jeff Koons
- American
- Pop culture subjects, banality, "kitsch"
- Born January 21, 1955
Major inspiration: Salvador Dali
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
Inspiration: Hummel Figurines
Pink Panther
Pink Panther
Pink Panther
Cultural Context: Part of Banality series, 1988
Content: Jayne Mansfield holding Pink Panther
Formal Aspects: Kitsch, created in Italy, "figurine" style
Function: Artistic
Electronic Superhighway
Balloon Dog (Pink). Jeff Koons. 1994-2000. mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating.
Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles (detail), 1988, ceramic.
Song Su-nam
- Born in 1938 in Korea
- A leader of Korea’s "Sumukhwa" or Oriental Ink Movement of the 1980s.
Summer Trees
Pungent Distances
Morris Louis, Pungent Distances, 1961, magna on canvas,
231.8 x 150.5 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Summer Trees
Cultural Context: 1979, about 25 years after partitioning
Content: Representation of a forest of trees
Formal Aspects: "Ink Wash" technique, "literati" painting
Function: Artistic
Examples of Su-nam's work
Song Su-Nam, Tree, 1985, india ink on Korean paper, 94 x 138 cm (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea)
Su-nam Song (1978) 'Untitled', ink on Korean paper
Jeff Koons
- Focuses on pop culture, "kitsch" influence
- Works deal with themes of banality
- Critics sharply divided- pioneer or kitsch salesman?
Koons show at the Gagosian in NYC
Song Su-nam
- Strong legacy on "Sumukwha" movement
- Tension between Western and Korean themes, Korean War
- Used ideal of the literatus to counter uncertainty surrounding Korea
Sources:
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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/identity-body/identity-body-europe/a/song-su-nam-summer-trees
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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/identity-body/identity-body-united-states/a/koons-pink-panther
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http://www.jeffkoons.com/
- http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/6622
- http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/
- collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=267937&partId=1