1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Jeff Koons is, without a doubt, the quintessential artist of our age: as bland and reassuring as a bowl of oatmeal, about as deep as a puddle, and more concerned about how much his work sells for than what it says. A hater's guide. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-balloon-doggies-demanded-it Key sources for this episode include Don Thompson's&amp;nbsp;The $12 Million Stuffed Shark; Jed Perl's &quot;The Cult of Jeff Koons&quot;; Hans Werner Holzwarth's Koons monograph; &amp;nbsp;Norman Rosenthal's Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal; Robert Hughes's American Visions; and so many gallery catalogues, including &amp;nbsp;the ones for his 2000 Easyfun-Ethereal exhibition, his 2002 Kunsthaus Bregenz exhibition, his 2014 &amp;nbsp;Whitney Retrospective, and the Tate Modern's 2009 &quot;Pop Life&quot; exhibition. Photo by Neil R. (Cropped every so slightly from original) The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/uEVrmKZzq2 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope http://order-of-the-jackalope.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/43048388/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/206719948