Koons Exhibit Opens at MCA

By Amy Mikel in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 2, 2008 10:00PM

The Jeff Koons exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art opened on Saturday, which means more from the man who created the museum’s well-known “Pink Panther” sculpture. The modern-art-loving public is crazy for Koons, who throughout his decades-long career has been revered both for his large-scale kitsch art and his theories on the significance of the contemporary art “experience.” So kudos to the MCA for assembling the first U.S. survey of Koons's work in over 15 years.

But we read some of Koons’ recent interviews about his art, and we have no idea what the hell he is saying:

"The readymade is a metaphor for acceptance. When you accept yourself, there's transcendence to acceptance of others. [Readymades are] metaphors for people, the external. Duchamp's work is often looked at as distant, indifferent. But actually it's very, very generous—it's about this act of acceptance. My work continues this dialogue."

MCA, 200 E. Chicago Ave., 5/31-9/21, $6-$10