Book Signing with Jeff Koons on Hydra Harbour
With a small sketch as well as a signature
Yesterday morning (20 June '23), brought about another event, of the packed Miaoulia Festival programme on Hydra, with Jeff Koons signing his artbook Apollo. This beautifully compiled book, packed with fantastic photos provides a wonderful story of the development of what is sure to be one of the most loved and highly visible landmarks on Hydra.
Mr Koons very kindly illustrated each and every book he signed with a quick sketch which everyone agreed made it worth the wait in the queue roasting in the sun!
Later in the day, the official Municipality acceptance of his and Mr Dakis Joannou of Deste generosity to the island was also conducted with yet more signatures and another visit to the slaughterhouse. But like so many others on Hydra, I was happy to have been able to personally add my thanks to the official line. The island more or less unanimously wanted the spectacular Apollo Wind Spinnaker to be a permanent feature above the Deste Slaughter house. And the seemingly bottomless generosity of Dakis Joannou has bought the gorgeous sun god and dedicated it to the island. It's exciting enough to pull into Hydra harbour anyway, but now the excitement is signalled a little earlier when the glittering, rotating arms surrounding the face of Apollo come into view sparkling in the sun.
From https://www.artbook.com/9786185039394.html
Jeff Koons: Apollo
Edited by Massimiliano Gioni, Karen Marta. Text by Daniel Birnbaum, Jake Brodsky, India Ennenga. Interview with Jeff Koons, Dakis Joannou, Katerina Zacharopoulou.
Documenting Koons’ multisensory homage to the sun god, a timeless dialogue with ancient history
The definitive record of Jeff Koons’ (born 1955) Apollo Wind Spinner, his transcendent offering to Apollo, this volume brings together lush plates of the eponymous 2022 DESTE exhibition alongside an essay by Daniel Birnbaum and an extensive interview with the artist by Dakis Joannou. Koons’ multisensory installation shone a light on the interwoven history of Greek myth, readymade sculpture and contemporary art to wide acclaim—so much so that the inhabitants of Hydra voted unanimously to have the work remain permanently installed on the roof of the DESTE Slaughterhouse building.
The many threads of this particular story are explicated here through a detailed "glossary of terms," tracing references from Plato to Duchamp and enlightening the reader on one of Koons’ most distinctive works of the last decade.
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