Shining a Light on Jeff Koons

Polimoda is the educational partner of the Palazzo Strozzi exhibition Jeff Koons. Shine. Before the official opening on October 2nd, 2021, we asked a group of Master students to come up with questions to ask American contemporary artist Jeff Koons.

Five thought-provoking questions were chosen and the selected group of students prepared for the interview with the Palazzo Strozzi Communications team, carefully reviewing and studying what they would say before sitting down with Jeff Koons to talk about everything and everyone that inspires him. 

The outcome is a 20-minute video featuring Jeff Koons, Polimoda Master students and the artist's most celebrated works. 

Sitting in front of Balloon Venus Lespugue (Red), Jeff Koons’ reflection bounced off the glossy red surface as he freeheartedly answered the curious questions Polimoda students Alisa Rebecca Watson (Master in Fashion Brand Management), Rano Karimova (Undergraduate in Business of Fashion), Autumn Caroline Mowery (Master in Fashion Brand Management), Ario Mezzolani (Master in Fashion Critique and Curation), Ana Maria Barth Teixeira (Master in Fashion Trend Forecasting) and Julian Restrepo Espinal (Master in Fashion Trend Forecasting) asked him about his remarkable career.

"When I was a young artist, actually my first day of art school, I had an experience where I went to the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland in the US. I realized when I went to the museum that I knew nothing about art," explains Koon. "I didn't know different artists. I didn't know Cézanne. I didn't know Braque, I didn't know the history. I went back to my art school, and I was given an art history lesson that day and it transformed my life."

Koons is an open book throughout the interview, talking about discovery and transcendence, going into detail about how he approaches art and what he loves most about his work.

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