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> a visitor accidentally kicked its podium In the opening crowded social event how can the sculpture be placed unsecured on a glass table - also, the sculpture
by achow 4y ago
> a visitor accidentally kicked its podium
In the opening crowded social event how can the sculpture be placed unsecured on a glass table - also, the sculpture had rounded smooth glossy point of contact (dog's legs).
The podium: https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_727,c_fit/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F230219130836-01-jeff-koons-balloon-dog-broken.jpg https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_727,c_fit/http%3A...
- EamonnMR 4y agoOh wow, that would be really easy to accidentally bump into. It's below eye level, invisible... yikes.
- joe_the_user 4y agoThe bad thing is whoever kicked the podium must feel terrible. Why did they put no effort into protecting this piece? Perhaps because they could easily make another one if it came to it. I mean, it's just a ceramic duplicate of an ordinary balloon dog, of which a million or so are made at children's birthday parties. Note, Koons himself produces work at scale in what he calls a factory and which is ... a factory.
- retSava 4y agoA total of 799 editions of the sculpture were made. Ie not a total loss for humanity.
- ec2y 4y agoThat’s .004%* of an increase in value for the rest of them. *Completely made up number as I’m not an art valuer, but the point stands.
- kristjansson 4y agoClearly the route to infinite value is destroying all of them
- ajdude 4y agoThere can only be one.
- ASalazarMX 4y agoNow I understand better that New Yorker cartoon: “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.” https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995 https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995
- sockaddr 4y agoThen I give 1/799th of a shit about this.
- xeyownt 4y agoAssuming it's totally useless, making 799 of these pricey thingies is certainly a waste.
- BrandoElFollito 4y ago> The bad thing is whoever kicked the podium must feel terrible When my children were small, they were terrified to break things in supermarkets. I told them that it is always the supermarket fault when something is not fixed properly. Of course this is for accidental damage. That whoever should sue the show for anxiousness /s
- rolenthedeep 4y agoYikes, that's just begging to get knocked over
- woleium 4y agoCould it generate some great publicity and cost nothing?
- cma 4y agoAlso, assuming it is LA, what about earthquakes? Several other sculptures on podiums there...
- iamtedd 4y agoFull-sized image: https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/230219130836-01-jeff-koons-balloon-dog-broken.jpg https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/230219130836-01-jeff-...
- woleium 4y agoThis is why a substance called "museum wax" was invented.