The problem of “Bouquet of tulips” as a gift.
Keywords:
Gift, Intention, Jeff KoonsAbstract
One of the most sought-after artist in contemporany art is Jeff Koons, who in 2016
announced that he would give the sculpture “Bouquet of tulips” to the city of Paris in orde to
pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks that the city suffered in 2015. However, the
fact was harshly questioned by french artists and intellectuals for considering Koons and his gift as profiteer and denigrating. The purpose of this work is to try clarify why a work of art
as a gift caused so much controversy. The claim thai i will defend is that, to understand the
problem, we must focus on the notion of gift, and if “Bouquet of tulips” caused outrage, it is
because it is a gift of the exchange type and without relation.
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