"Jeff Koons: Apollo", is presented in a former slaughterhouse of the Deste de Dakis Foundation
Apollo is the sun's god. He also rules over music, dance, poetry, and everything else that has to do with art. How fitting, then, that Jeff Koons's multisensory show on the sunny Greek island of Hydra is centered on a picture of Apollo. "Jeff Koons: Apollo," which is on display in a former slaughterhouse at Dakis Joannou's Deste Foundation, is a "metaphysical dialogue between the modern and the ancient," according to the show's organizers.
A motorized steel and bronze sun with a luminous face welcomes visitors
Apollo Windspinner (2020–22), a motorized steel and bronze sun with a bright face that greets visitors coming and going from the slaughterhouse, maybe the most famous image in the show. The rest of the show is in a room that looks like ancient Roman frescoes near Pompeii.
In the center is a multicolored version of Apollo
At the center of it is an installation called Apollo Kithara (2019–22) that shows a very different, multicolored version of Apollo. Zara says that the god's snake is a moving machine that looks so real that it scares people. Classical Greek and modern pop music are both used in a soundtrack.
A pair of sneakers as a gift plus to the god of the sun
A pair of bronze sneakers with many colors and the simple title Nike Sneakers is a more modern gift to the sun god (2020–22). In addition to these detailed models of modern objects, there is now a display that looks like an altar to Marcel Duchamp, a god of modern art.
Jean Dubreil
