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Old 08-02-2012, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RandRJ View Post
Pop art meets porn:

Jeff Koons married Hungarian/Italian porn actress Cicciolina (llona Staller) he created the Made in Heaven series - much of which he later destroyed on their divorce. Cicciolina not only became an Italian politician and member of the Italian Parliament where she infamously would give speeches with a breast exposed. Can you imagine that in the House of Commons or the House of Representatives!!??
He also produced some very large photographs of him fucking her. The, during the divorce, he condemned her for consorting with pornographers!
I guess a pic of a couple fucking in a $5 magazine is porn, but a $50K picture of the same is art.
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