my father, henry koons, was an interior decorator. so i grew up that he would just display objects in his furniture store, you know, just have a light displaying itself as a light, an ashtray is an ashtray, or a table a table. and i was intrigued with making these objects and let them display themselves. i think when you look at it, it's kind of metaphoric. one is kind of feminine and one is a little more masculine. >> rose: next, hoover. >> this is a double-decker. >> rose: yes. >> and these pieces, i was displaying objects for their newness. and this was an ultimate state of being and to confront the viewer with aspects of, you know, mortality and the strengths of something that's inanimate against something that's animate. and these objects display their integrity of birth from-- i would unpack them. i would put them in this display place. this white, cool light display. and they're diplaying their integrity at birth. >> after making the vacuum cleaner pieces, i wanted to make a body of work, the equilibrium work that was more biol

jeff koons.eaturing the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and now, here he is, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everyone doing tonight? are we well? [ cheers and applause ] excellent. i'm so sorry that i have to start off tonight with some unfortunate news. a new study -- a new study shows that only 28% of americans think the u.s. is the greatest country in the world. and that's only because they couldn't name any other countries. [ laughter ] that's sort of a double burn. i like this story. bbc news has ordered their staff to stop giving equal time, climate change deniers during environmental discussions. said climate change deniers, "that's okay, we got all the time in the world. [ laughter ] nothing bad is ever going to happen to us or anything." listen to this. a new rumor. love new rumors here. a new rumor surfaced that the next iphone will feature an all-glass exterior. because why should just the front be cracked?

those prices make koons one of the wealthiest whose expensive work is hardly seen by the pub. one thing is for certain, jeff koons never fails to generate strong reactions. >> i think the best modern contemporary artists challenge us. they ask you questions through their work, and sometimes they even make us feel uncomfortable. >> at the age of 59 koons says he plans to keep producing work like this for another 30 years at least. al jazeera, new york. >>> you can always keep up to date with all the very latest news on our website. there it is. aljazeera.com. >>> when i met the president, he did say, i borrowed your slogan. >> activist and presidential medal of freedom winner coined the phrase, "yes, we can." the mantra became barack intaps's call to vote. she co-founded the united farm worker's union. >> when you think of this

." >> jeff koons is having a moment. "the new yorker" magazine calls him the most original, controversial, and expensive american artist in the last two decades. his his 10 foot stainless steel sculpture sold for $58.4 million. is the most extensive piece of art ever sold by a living artist at auction. and they are presenting him with his first retrospective. it is the largest solo exhibition ever mounted at the museum. here is a look. ♪ i love that. >> i always like the way they make me feel. i feel like i come into contact with my feelings and i've always love them. >> you have seen all you have done. it is there in that museum. what do you think? >> is nice for me to look at some of the images because i don't live with all those pieces and a lot of them are fresh to me again. owned by collectors and attend to live with other art. i am in my studio all day long and i'm around my work. it shows to me that it has been fun. i think i have been doing exactly what i've wanted to do and it makes me feel more ambitious. i wou

we sit down with the world's most expensive living artist, jeff koons. to find out what makes to make a modern-day masterpiece. payia could be forced to tens of billions of dollars to ex-owners of yukos. the former company was once russia's largest oil producer. the hague is expected to deliver a decision shortly. us with thee joins details. the company that effectively took control of the assets. >> at the time, it was russia's largest oil producer. man.s russia's wealthiest he was arrested, accused of tax evasion and money laundering and the company was bankrupted. he went to jail. to -- whichent bought them in a series of transactions. shareholders has been suing russia in this arbitration court in the hague. they have been doing that since 2005 and we are supposed to get the judgment today. the expectation is that the court will rule in favor of those suing the russian government. >> $50 billion. the ruling versus russia. >> this sets us up for the next phase. russia owns these -- we're the russian foreign minister saying russia will defend itself vi

. >> jeff koons is one of the most important artist is breaking down art and popular culture, market,rity. he's really pushed the limits and the envelope of what an artist can be today. >> reporter: now 35 years in to a remarkable career, a retrospective of his work takes overall four floors of the top contemporary art venue in the united states. never before has the whitney museum done this for a single artist, because there are few as influential as jeff koons who missions thmission mixes the muh the extraordinary. >> objects are metaphors for self acceptance and the acceptance of others. and so just to accept things as they are, perfect in their own being for what they are as that being. >> reporter: it's not without controversy, a version of this aluminum do you go that looks like a huge toy made for balloons sold last year for a record $58 million. those price is make koons within of the wealthiest of contemporary artists whose expensive work can rarely be seen by the public. bobbles for billionaires as one critic put it or some of the most significant contemporary art in a gener

that's because there's a few as influential as jeff koons who mixes the mundane with the ordinary. >> this is a metaphor our acceptance and self-acceptance. just to accept things as they are perfect in their own being for what they are has that being. >> it's not without controversy. a version of this aluminum dog that looks like a huge toy made from balloons sold last year for a record $58 million. those prices make koons one of the wealthiest of contemporary artists whose expensive work can rarely be soon by the public. baubles for billionaires as people put it, one thing is for certain, jeff koons never fails to generate strong reactions. >> i think the best modern contemporary artists challenge us. they don't just provide decoration for their lives but ask new questions with their work and make us feel uncomfortable. >> at the age of 59, koons plans to keep producing work like this. challenging, playful, popular, provocative for another 30 years at least. >>> that's a wrap of the news hour, but do stay with us here on al jazeera. we've got more news for you right at the top of the

geoff koons never fails to generate strong reactions?i think the best modern and con temporary artists challenge us, don't just provide decoration for our lives. they ask new questions for their work. sometimes they make us feel uncom40al. >> the age of 59 tkoons says he is planning to produce work like this, challenging, playful, popular, provacative for another 30 years at least. daniel lak, al jazeera, new york. >> dozens of baby sea turtles have hatched and are on the move in the florida keys. a high-def cam captured them. loggerhead sea turtles are among five species threated or endangered. they are cute. >> the next head of the smi smithsonian will break down whether college is worth the riding cost and discuss how innovation fuels the country. check out our website, aljazeera.com. . >> it has become too expensive. the price tag is so scary to look at. >> cornell university's president says higher education is worths the cost though schools need to be run more efficiently. david skorton weighs in as well on skills training versus t

it can be jeff koons or something else.t of the whole idea of giving back to our consumers. >> when i walk in the store, right now someone who goes into h&m today, what is your favorite item in the store? for $39.90. a premium shirt. that is my top favorite item. to buyst found out where the tiger dog. congratulations. h&m north american president daniel kulle. when we come back, a lot more to cover. how about the great doors -- outdoors? we will talk to the director of the national park service and our moment of "hot money." ♪ >> you are watching "market makers." from purple mountain majesties to amber waves of grain. you know the song. the biggest threat to our national parks may not be climate change, but a grain demographic. jonathan jarvis is with us from washington from the national park service to tell us how he is making our national treasures more appealing to millenials. how do you do it? how do you get young kids off the screens and into the parks? >> that is a great question. thanks for the invitation to be here

tonight, a conversation with the artist jeff koons. >> i like my senses to get excited, and physically, i like to feel sensation. my eyes, i like excitement. i like from the senses to start to have ideas generated that, the mind and body together. but then there's a point where you take on a moral responsibility to your community. i mean, i've already learned how to feel sensation myself and feel transcendence in my life. and automatically then you want to share that, you know. first, you know, when you're younger, you think about sharing it with other artists and you share with a broader community. >> rose: jeff koons for the hour, next.

then suddenly the koons is me ♪ ♪ pop culture was an art now art's a pop culture in me ♪ ♪ i live fore my head start ♪ you're my rugged heart ♪ you're the pulse that i've always needed ♪ ♪ like a drum baby don't stop beating ♪ ♪ like a drum baby don't stop beating ♪ ♪ like a drum baby don't stop beating ♪ ♪ like a drum my heart never stops beating ♪ ♪ for you for you ♪ baby i'm not moving on ♪ i'll love you long after you're gone ♪ ♪ i got the eye of the tiger a fighter ♪ ♪ dancing through the fire ♪ ♪ 'cause i am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar ♪ ♪ louder louder than a lion 'cause i am a champion ♪ ♪ and you're gonna hear me roar ♪ ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ you're gonna hear me roar ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ you're gonna hear me roar [ cheers and applause ] >> what a finale. everyone loving those fireworks. >> this has been so much fun. what an amazing lineup of musicians. karen, you did so much work backstage. [ laughter ] >> it was fun, though, wasn't it? >> i had a great time. thanks, guys. and adam,

. >> my name is jeff koons. i am an artist and live and work in new york.sy better known would be michael jackson and bubbles. my stainless steel rabbit. balloon dog. i tried to be open to everything. and not make judgments eventually will start to find meaning in certain objects and images. want toly i realize i make a gesture with that to make in our work. that whole process could be two years of just following my interest. once i decide to make something, probably another two years in production and realization of the object. to do that sometimes i have to work with other people. i have a studio of about 130 people. i have a three-d department. painting, sculpture. i am the captain of the ship so i am really responsible for everything. in pricing our work you have to take into a fact -- into to affect the cost of manufacturing something which can be quite high. in the past i have lost money on some of my works. dogs ily on my balloon lost money because i thought production would be faster than what it ended up to be. more polarities you can have an work

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conversation with artist jeff koons on the next charlie rose. >> it was nice for me to get some of the images because i do not live with all those pieces. a lot of them are kind of just fresh to me again. owned by collectors. i tend to live with other art, art by other artists. i am at my studio all day long. i do not live directly with my work, but it shows to me that it has been fun. i think i have been doing exactly what i have been wanting to do. it makes me feel more ambitious. i really would like to do something. i really want to put something on the table. i think i have been having a dialogue but i want to do more. >> the following is a paid advertisement for the new face of time life, starvista entertainment. the brand you trust, now reaching for the stars. hollywood's biggest stars and

a conversation with artist jeff koons on the next charlie rose. >> it was nice for me to get some ofhe images because i do not live with all those pieces. a lot of them are kind of just fresh to me again. owned by collectors. i tend to live with other art, art by other artists. i am at my studio all day long. i do not live directly with my that itt it shows to me has been fun. i think i have been doing exactly what i have been wanting to do. it makes me feel more ambitious. i really would like to do something. i really want to put something on the table. i think i have been having a dialogue but i want to do more. ♪ >> welcome to "bloomberg west," where we cover innovation, technology, and the future of business. ahead, ibm's efforts to sell its money-losing chip manufacturing operations. they were considering a deal. ibm has been trying to shed unprofitable units. they have tried to increase profit margin and reverse nine straight quarters of sales declines. and get ready to see cars with pink mustaches on the streets in new york city. lyft officially launchn

a conversation with artist jeff >>a conversation with artist jeff koons on the next charlie rose. >> it was nice for me to get some of the images because i do not live with all those pieces. a lot of them are kind of just fresh to me again. >> owned by collectors. >> i tend to live with other art, art by other artists. i am at my studio all day long. i do not live directly with my work, but it shows to me that it has been fun. i think i have been doing exactly what i have been wanting to do. it makes me feel more ambitious. i really would like to do something. i really want to put something on the table. i think i have been having a dialogue but i want to do more. ♪ >> this week on political capital, house foreign affairs committee chairman walter dillinger on what is next for obamacare. margaret carlson and megan mcardle on poverty proposals and who will win the georgia senate race. we begin the program with house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce of california. thank you for being with us.

on the next charlie rose a conversation with artist jeff koons. >> it's been nice for me to look at someof the images. i don't live with all those pieces, so a lot of them are kind of just fresh to me again. >> rose: owned by collectors. >> owned by collectors, and i tend to live with other art, art by other artists. i'm in my studio all day long, i'm around my work, so i don't live directly with my work. but it shows to me that it's been-- it's been fun. i think i've been doing exactly what i've been wanting to do. and it makes me feel more ambitious. i mean, i really would like to do something. i really want to put something on the table. and i think i've been having a dialogue, but i want to do more. >> rose: is it a thing or is it just simply many things? in other words, are you waiting? are you inspired? do you have something that has been there that you just can't wait to get on with the creation and you know what it is? >> yeah. it's-- it's to exercise the freedom that we have for gesture, to, you know, experience the kind of the greatest amount of enlightenment that we can, and t

>> reporter: at the age of 59 koons says he's planning to keep producing work like this, challenging, playful, popular, provocative for another 30 years at least. daniel lack, al jazerra, new york. >>> that's you would the time that we have. i am thomas drayton in new york, thanks for watching. >>> fighting continues in ukraine, both on the battlefield and in parliament and has the ukraine teen crisis including the shooting down of malaysian flight 17 somehow emboldened vladimir paout none i am antonia mora, welcome to "consider this." those stories and much more straight ahead. >>> ukraine's recently elected prime minister. >> is resigning. >> meanwhile the european union says it is talking about slapping russia with everybody more sanks. >> the russians intend to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers to the separatist forces. >> this border surge didn't happen overnight. >> rick perry sent a letter in 2012 warning president obama. >> they are refuse to go take responsibility for the failed policies. >> the department of justice are working around the clock to a

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. >> senator koons? >> thank you, madam chair, and vice chair shelby. thank you for your personal engagement. hearing the stories of children, and adults who are part of this extraordinary humanitarian crisis at our southern border. i think the children are fleeing dramatically increased levels of violence. and if this increase in refugees was part of a change in american poli policy, we would see it from other countries than just three. so, it's my hope that a significant share of the action that will be taken as a result of this emergency supplemental, will be -- i would love to hear more about the intended increased investment in the three countries. and as a judiciary committee member, this request, additional badly needed resources. because we know we have a significant backlog, we have significant unmet detention costs, i think we need to act now to fix our most urgent problems. so, thank you to our four witnesses for being here. and i look forward to working with you. ambassador shannon, can you tell us about the state department request, and you

. >> senator koons? >> thank you, madam chair, and vice chair shelby.hank you for your personal engagement. hearing the stories of children, and adults who are part of this extraordinary humanitarian crisis at our southern border. i think the children are fleeing dramatically increased levels of violence. and if this increase in refugees was part of a change in american poli policy, we would see it from other countries than just three. so, it's my hope that a significant share of the action that will be taken as a result of this emergency supplemental, will be -- i would love to hear more about the intended increased investment in the three countries. and as a judiciary committee member, this request, additional badly needed resources. because we know we have a significant backlog, we have significant unmet detention costs, i think we need to act now to fix our most urgent problems. so, thank you to our four witnesses for being here. and i look forward to working with you. ambassador shannon, can you tell us about the state department request, and your

ors koon and three groups that you don't often find in the same line of authors. i want to thank chairman smith and many other colleagues on both sides of the aisle as well as the other side of the capitol for working with us to produce a strong bill that we can support. all three of these bills are products of strong bipartisan efforts, and i urge my colleagues to support them. i thank you and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady yields back. the gentleman from california. >> i'd reserve my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas has yielded back. sorry. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, before thank back i'd like to the gentlelady from texas, ms. eddie bernice johnson. i reserve the balance of my time but i am prepared to yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to include an article from "the wall street journal" in the record. mr. swalwell: this is a cember 5, 2013, "wall street journa

. >> and the trees seasonally and right now you can sethe jeff koons. >> seth: you can see jeff koonss amazin thincredible piece of art outside the wind. >> yes. mang. i' had th office d i think phil donahue. >> seth: yea yeah, yeah, it's tru ye. all those people. they're famo. i want to get like old hea shs of everybody who's been there before. >> thawould be good. >> sh: yeah. >> that would be very good. >> seth: so coratulatis, next week you're cebrating the five-year anniversary your show "watch what happens live. >> y, i . [ cheers and applause ] i can't belie . thank you very much. um, i can't believe that i've been on live tv for five years and not gottenired. >> seth: it's amazing. >> it's credible. >> seth: it's amazing. >> i'm already -- i always say i'm one tweet away from getting fired. >> seth: right. >> but the idea that i've been on this show drinking alcohol live. >> seth: it's such a fun show. >> thank y. >> seth: it's unlike any other ta show because there is a bartender. >> yes. >> seth: you arectually drinking. ere are drinking games. >> yes. >> seth: the last me i