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Catttt Posted 7 years ago
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Looking out

The following text describes this artwork by Jeff Koons.

1. Does "shows Koons... looking out" mean "Koons seems to be outside the sexual relationship" or "Koons is looking up at the viewers"?


2. Does "caught inside the internal dynamics of the representation" mean "Cicciolina is in the middle of the sensual activity that is represented in the artwork"?


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MADE IN HEAVEN is constructed to look like a soft-porn movie advertisement, ‘Starring Jeff Koons and Cicciolina’. Tellingly, this image shows Koons not fully engaging in the act but looking out, making eye contact with the viewer while la Cicciolina swoons in ecstasy, caught inside the internal dynamics of the representation. As with the Art in America advertisement that showed Koons with the two glamour models, there seems to be a play here on the use of sex in advertising...

  

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catttt 1. Does "shows Koons... looking out" mean "Koons seems to be outside the sexual relationship" or "Koons is looking up at the viewers"?

— CalifJim

  • catttt 1.
  • Does "shows Koons...
  • looking out" mean "Koons seems to be outside the sexual relationship" or "Koons is looking up at the viewers"?
  • Both if I understand your question correctly.
  • 1) outside the sexual relationship — "this image shows Koons not fully engaging in the act" 2) looking up at the viewers — "looking out, making eye contact with the viewer" catttt 2.
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catttt1. Does "shows Koons... looking out" mean "Koons seems to be outside the sexual relationship" or "Koons is looking up at the viewers"?

Both if I understand your question correctly.

1) outside the sexual relationship — "this image shows Koons not fully engaging in the act"

2) looking up at the viewers — "looking out, making eye contact with

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