Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Joannou’s Pop Yacht Gets Iggy Wherever It Goes

December 2, 2013 by Marion Maneker

Joannou's Guilty

Dakis Joannou’s Koons-decorated yacht is suddenly on Forbes’s radar, though the article gives little explanation as too why now. No matter. The unique craft painted with a version of WWI razzle-dazzle camouflage always makes good copy:

On the sides of the vessel, Koons played with the idea of pyramids, an oasis and a mirage. “If the sea were calm, then you would get a reflection, and the pattern would have a doubling effect making it even more abstract,” the artist says. Viewed from the top, a huge image of Iggy Pop performing onstage stares back. “Iggy is there as a contemporary Dionysus figure,” Koons says of the rock god as Greek god.

While the exterior is as rebellious as the Stooges’ Raw Power, the yacht’s interior takes on a completely different aesthetic. The walls and ceilings are all chillingly white, with enormous windows to maximize natural light. And much like experiencing the installations of American artist James Turrell, being inside Guilty during the day is like walking onto the set of a science fiction movie, with a central staircase that turns from pinkish violet to galactic blue and finally warm yellow.

Dakis Joannou’s Mega Yacht ‘Guilty’ By Jeff Koons And Ivana Porfiri, An Act Of Calculated Irreverence (Forbes)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • How to Solve Greek Problems? Return the Elgin MarblesHow to Solve Greek Problems? Return the Elgin Marbles
  • Lindemann Defends New MuseumLindemann Defends New Museum
  • Vernissage TV: Joannou CollectionVernissage TV: Joannou Collection
  • A Guide for the PerplexedA Guide for the Perplexed
  • A Tale of Two Bleckners, a Boone & a BaldwinA Tale of Two Bleckners, a Boone & a Baldwin
  • California Responded: How Galka Scheyer Brought German Expressionism Out WestCalifornia Responded: How Galka Scheyer Brought German Expressionism Out West

Filed Under: Collectors Tagged With: Dakis Joannou

About Marion Maneker

LiveArt

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor
 

Loading Comments...