Cycladic Talk | Jeff Koons

The Museum of Cycladic Art welcomes Jeff Koons, one of the most influential artists on the contemporary international scene, for a public discussion held as part of the exhibition Jeff Koons: Venus of Lespugue. The talk will take place on Wednesday, March 18, at 19:00, in Cotsen Hall (9 Anapiron Polemou St.) co-organized with the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

In a discussion with the Museum’s Scientific Director and curator of the exhibition, Prof. Panagiotis Iosif, Koons will share his insights into his long-standing creative process, from the iconic works that defined the aesthetics of everyday culture to his current engagement with forms drawing from the “deep history” of human creation. At the heart of the conversation will be the Balloon Venus Lespugue, a work inspired by the eponymous Paleolithic statuette and presented in the exhibition in an active dialogue with ten copies of Upper Paleolithic “Venus” figurines.

The discussion will explore the creative paradoxes of the work: lightness and permanence, primal form and contemporary industrial surface, as well as the role of reflection, which integrates the viewer into the sculpture itself. This unique encounter highlights how modern technology and 21st-century materials re-examine primal aesthetic codes, remaining connected to timeless questions about form, desire, and creation. 

The discussion will be held in English; there will be simultaneous translation into Greek and interpretation in sign language.

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