hydeordie:

Jeff Koons Girl with Dolphin and Monkey 2006

So, BMW picked their new art car and they went with…JEFF KOONS!!! Ugh. Could you be more predictable and publicity hungry? No, you probably couldn’t. After all the great art cars of the past, especially Olafur Eliasson’s that I actually had the pleasure to see, this is super disappointing.  I will probably expand upon this later when I have had more caffeine.

Ugh, I’m in a foul mood now.

It could be worse; They could have gone with Damien Hirst. But agreed; not a lot of surprise or excitement there. Allthough I do like the yacht Koons designed.

But I think they should select someone a little less… obvious, and probably less commercial. Olafur was an inspired pick. Depends on what they want to achieve; simple publicity they will probably get. But they could achieve so much more with the right artist.