{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#125: The Balloon Doggies Demanded It [why I hate Jeff Koons]","description":"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 ","author_name":"The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope","author_url":"http:\/\/order-of-the-jackalope.com","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/206719948"}