25 January 2018

Le Product Placement


Earlier today we were savouring this c.1890s French chromolithograph card.


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A few hours later we read the following article.

Non, Merci! French Artists and Cultural Workers Reject Giant Jeff Koons Sculpture
In an open letter, 24 artists, curators, politicians, and more called for the costly and logistically complex project to be scrapped.
by Benjamin Sutton


Jeff Koons, “Bouquet of Tulips” (2016), polychromed bronze, stainless steel, and aluminum; sculpture dimensions: 34 ft 1 1/2 in, (38 ft 3 in with base); width: 27 ft 3/4 in; depth: 33 ft 4 3/8 in (image © Jeff Koons, courtesy Noirmontartproduction, 3D rendering of the work in situ)


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  A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
  someone looks at something... 
         
  LOGOS/HA HA