"When I am no longer controversial I will no longer be important," he wrote in an 1852 letter to his parents. A masterful painter, he was also a rebel who never met a rule he wouldnt challenge or break. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was the bad boy of the mid-nineteenth-century Parisian art world. Gustave Courbet, "The Desperate Man," oil on canvas, 1844≴5 GUSTAVE COURBET Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education, 2:00 Thursday, May 22 ICONOCLASTS: TOM FORD + JEFF KOONS (Lenard Dorfman, 2005), Bonnie J. Sunday, May 18 Sunday at the Met: "Jeff Koons on the Roof," lecture by Jeff Koons, free tickets available at the ticket kiosk in the lobby in front of the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium starting at 10:00 am the day of the event, lecture in the auditorium at 3:00 Unfortunately, the Met takes a little air out of "Balloon Dog (Yellow)" and the other two pieces by not allowing any photography, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the installation. Um, no? However, the three large-scale sculptures work well in relationship to one another and the surrounding environs in each, the other two sculptures are visible in reflection, and visitors can also see themselves repeated over and over again, along with the trees and the New York City skyline. The other two sculptures are not nearly as impressive: "Coloring Book" is based on an image of Piglet from a Winnie-the-Pooh coloring book, with Koons painting well outside the lines, creating an incomprehensible abstract mess, and "Sacred Heart (Red/Gold)" is essentially an enormous wrapped Valentines Day candy that Koons has decided also comments on consumer culture, childhood, and the sacred heart of Jesus. The centerpiece is the wonderful "Balloon Dog (Yellow)," a ten-foot-high, twelve-foot-long stainless-steel version of that classic party favor, a dog made out of twisted balloons. Koons, whose giant Chia-"Puppy" stood tall in Rockefeller Center in 2000 and who lined up life-size blow-up Incredible Hulk dolls at Lever House in 2006, has chosen to install three more Celebration sculptures, overlooking Central Park in the Mets Iris and B. Koons now joins an illustrious group of artists whose work has been displayed on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including Sol LeWitt, Joel Shapiro, Frank Stella, Cai Cuo-Qiang, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Goldwsorthy, and, appropriately enough, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Yet he must be doing something right, as his "Hanging Heart" sculpture sold for $23.6 million at Sothebys in November, while his "Diamond (Blue)" went for $11.8 million, both from his Celebration series. He has been criticized for lacking imagination, stealing images, being a self-promoting huckster, and being little more than Andy Warhol / Claes Oldenburg lite. Jeff Koons has been one of the most controversial figures in contemporary art for the past three decades. Jeff Koons, "Balloon Dog (Yellow)," high chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, 1994≲000 JEFF KOONS ON THE ROOF Which includes e-mail-only bonuses twice a month, please e-mail the administrator at with the word Subscribe in the Subject line. Send all comments, suggestions, reviews, and questions to Mark RifkinĪt you forward any part of this guide to someone who has not subscribed, please be sure to attach the following line: To subscribe to this list, and twi-nys weekly recommended events, including book readings, film screenings, panel discussions, concerts, workshops, and other special events Riffs Rants & Raves: Art & Literature, including Clive Barker at Sloan Fine Art, Pangea Day in Madison Square Park, and THE EDUCATION OF HOPEY GLASSġ0. Anns, ENDGAME at BAM, the Wiyos at Abrons and Drom, El-P, Dizzee Rascal, and Busdriver at Webster Hall, and the Roots at Radio Cityĩ. Riffs Rants & Raves: Live Music & Theater, including THE WALWORTH FARCE at St. Plus Riffs Rants & Raves: Film, including IRON MAN, REDBELT, SON OF RAMBOW, BATTLE FOR HADITHA, THE BABYSITTERS, NOISE, SPEED RACER, and UNSETTLEDĩ. Riffs Rants & Raves: twi-ny at tribecaĨ. Celebrating the festive Upper West Sideħ. World Nomads, John Dubrow, Ben Aronson, and Joe Brainard in Midtownĥ. Lee Chang-dong at the Asia Society, Jean-Luc Godard at Film ForumĤ. Blossoming cherries at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardenģ. Koons, Courbet, Poussin, Johns, Friedlander, and Donovan at the MetĢ.
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