Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) glove called Madonna of modern art: as a famous pop singer, he was famous in the 1980's and since then its popularity supported by various scandals, peremezhaya their ambitious projects. The events of recent years have not left a doubt in the artistic value of works Koons no chance - influential collectors and curators of museums is not respected tired to prove the world that this artist is now the most important. His monstruozny «Flower of balloons» is most expensive living artist's sculpture ever sold at auction . In addition, few modern writers can boast of retrospective of the French Versailles - as Koons could . Sculptures made by the genius of this era of George W. Bush, the square is decorated with many cities. Soon the area at the Art Museum of Los Angeles (LACMA) will be able to show off his «Koons», even how: the most expensive of all that has ever been established artist.

In February 2007, it was announced that Koons will perform for LACMA huge sculpture in the form of a crane from which will hang down a copy of the locomotive in full size. Recently, the artist said in an interview with The Art Newspaper, that the work (under the title «Steam») in the museum will cost 25 million dollars. It will be the most expensive piece of art ever created by order of the museum (the previous record - 20 million - belonged to the installation of Richard Serra «The essence of time», established in 2005 in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao). LACMA has already spent on preliminary research, 1.75 million from two million allocated a member of the Board of Trustees Ennenberg Wallis (Wallis Annenberg).

Dimensions Koons works are staggering: the length of the locomotive will be more than 21 meters and the height of the crane - 49 meters. Every day at noon, at three hours and six hours to run a locomotive engine. It will produce smoke and sing, and his wheels will spin independently. According to museum director Michael Govana (Michael Govan), the sculpture can be seen from the business part of town. Project organizers hope that the «Steam» will be the same attraction Californian metropolis as huge letters HOLLYWOOD. According to them, they want to create the «something like the Paris Eiffel Tower». Now the developers involved in 3D-scanning of the prototype locomotive, which is located in the railway museum in Albuquerque. Then they would buy a crane company Liebherr. «Premiere» Sculpture to be held in four years.

One of the sponsors of the project has been stunning American billionaire Eli Brody (Eli Broad). In 2003, he donated $ 60 million for the construction of the Museum of Modern Art Brody (BCAM), which became part of the museum complex LACMA. Brody The museum exhibits works from its vast collection, including about twenty Koons creations. It seems that one of the goals «Steam» - to attract public attention to the new museum, as well as to justify in the eyes of people huge sums that have to auction the work of the creator of this unique attraction.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: theartnewspaper.com , artinvestment.ru