"Have you ever had a "but what does it mean" moment with an artwork? When you wonder if you're missing something? I had one the first time I saw a picture of Jeff Koons's sculpture "Michael Jackson and Bubbles" (1988), as a fine art undergraduate. Was it supposed to be good, or so bad that it was good? Was it a parody or an homage?"
"In Shiny Armor Sarah Bond takes us through a new installation of the Worcester Art Museum's armor collection - the second largest in the country. "As it turns out, the setting of knights' tales doesn't just take place in the storied landscapes of the European Middle Ages," she writes. "They stretch across Eurasia, Africa, Japan, and beyond" - even making their way to "a galaxy far, far away.""
Jeff Koons's highly polished porcelain sculptures operate as reflective objects that flatter wealthy buyers and echo elite cultural values. The sculptures distort and reflect viewers' images but primarily reward those who identify with Koons's aesthetic and see themselves in his work. A painting series records grand and mundane places lost to time or other occurrences, producing a visual ledger of absence and mourning. The Worcester Art Museum's armor installation spans Eurasia, Africa, Japan, and beyond, placing knights' narratives in global and popular-cultural contexts. A sprinkler debacle occurred at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and resources and opportunities for artists and accessibility advocacy are noted.
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