The first thing I have to say about this article is that a GIF being sold for 6,000 dollars does not mean much when you compare that to the sales of NFT's. In a way these are the same type of medium being sold. NFT's even now contain short videos which are basically GIFS. Turns out the article on this GIF was made long before they explosion of NFTs. I wonder what the author of this article has to say now that NFT's are selling for millions of dollars. I am also sure the man who made this reiteration of Jeff Koons work is now thriving in the NFT environment. It appears he had a head start on this type of transaction years before the introduction of the NFT marketplace.
Jeff Koons balloon sculptures are absolutely brilliant and I think should get compensation for the repurposing of his art. It was a clever representation by Max Greene but Jeff Koons is in no position to reuse his exact art and then proceed to make an artist statement revolving around the idea of physical art is dying. He literally chose an extremely profitable and relevant piece of physical art to try and show how the internet is taking over. I think it would have been more impressive if he created his own type of art GIF to try and show what the online art world has to offer. A bit contradictory in my opinion. I do think this idea could have equally as effective in a performance art setting.
Damien Hirst and Erwin Wurm reminded me of Jeff Koons' type of art.
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