I always see a little bit of my father in Popeye. But something that’s not so personal as that. It’s ‘I yam what I yam.’ It’s self-acceptance. And it’s hard to function in the metaphysical. You first have to trust in yourself and when you trust in yourself, you can follow your interests and follow them on a profound level. And when you focus on those interests, that’s when things become very metaphysical. So this concept of ‘I yam what I yam.’
- In a very Warhol-ian move, though perhaps no more Warhol-ian than he usually is, Jeff Koons has a new Popeye-inspired exhibit in London, which he talks up to Euronews. Read a review of the exhibit here.
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I attended the Popeye Series private view at the Serpentine Gallery as well as the Jeff Koons talk at the Victoria and Albert Museum this past week and Mr Koons was very generous with his time. During the talk at the V & A he mentioned that his Michael Jackson and Bubbles scuplture from 1988 was intended to function as a 'contemporary Christ-like figure'. After the talk I asked him to sign the cover of a Sotheby's auction catalogue from 2001 for me. The cover image is of the Michael Jackson and Bubbles sculpture. I believe it is now an immediate 'assisted readymade'! Would Duchamp be proud?
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