Gareth Pugh 与 Jeremy Scott 等设计师联合访问艺术家 Jeff Koons

以金属气球造型艺术品而闻名艺术师 Jeff Koons，可谓是当代艺术领域的泰山北斗，他标志性的「气球狗」不仅成为众多艺术家的灵感源泉，更被广泛运用于各种设计之中。最近《i-D Magazine》便请来 Gareth Pugh, Walter van Beirendonck, Bernhard Willhelm 和 Jeremy Scott 四位知名设计师，为他们提供一个机会访问 Jeff Koons，向这位艺术大师探讨气球艺术的灵感，以及与 Duchamp 和 Warhol 的对比等问题。下面便带来我们的节选内容，完整访谈不妨查看 i-D 官方网站。

Gareth Pugh: Where did your obsession with balloons come from?

Probably from a child and from vacuum cleaners. I remember coming across these machines that were powerful and anthropomorphic. I like balloons because they’re like people. You inflate them and they’re like us in breathing, but in complete reversal because there’s a density inside us and in a balloon it’s just emptiness and air. The density’s on the outside.

Walter van Bierendonck: What’s been your favourite artwork by another artist?

I really enjoy the whole vocabulary of art, so if I had to choose one I would say the Venus Of Willendorf (a stone statuette dating back to 1908), because it references history, there is a sense of mystery. If you think of a string of popcorn, with each artist being part of that string, I would say the Venus Of Willendorf is like the big bang.

Jeremy Scott: Do you fantasize about Paris Hilton? What is your view on celebrity culture?

I don’t really fantasize about Paris at all. I find celebrity culture amazing. It shows our weaknesses. If something is repeated or displayed automatically it takes on a sense of significance, whether or not it has any significance in our life or not. But just through that repetition it takes on significance.