Spartacus 4,485 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Her right thumb is clearly visible in the album cover, but the tip of her right thumb is hidden by hair in the actual sculpture. I think Jeff just took a pic of Gaga (the one in the actual cover) and designed the sculpture from the pic. -𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐌𝐀™ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,071 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I was searching for more info about it (yeah I have nothing better to do so...) and found out these BTS pics on Gagapedia I have never seen them. It looks like an early stage of the sculpture Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy 11,766 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 It looks weird because of lighting and filters to make it blend better. Bear in mind that the ArtRAVE had industrial warehouse lighting and nothing looks good in that. So they took the life-sized version of the statue, snapped a photo in a heavily light-controlled studio (as one does) and then subsequently edited and put filters over it. If you look at the hands in particular they do *not* look real lolol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchecco 17,615 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 they just colored it the statue from the artRave looks different because the lighting is drastically different Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctelus 2,892 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Have you seen a picture of the sculpture? you must of because it's in your post. Take another look at it and ask yourself the question again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
culturalbaptism 2,918 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 It's the statue. Check the texture of the hair: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ladygaga/images/5/55/ARTPOP_album_artwork.jpg I would love this cover without the parental advisory tag in high quality. Judas is coming, let the cultural baptism begin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mus 7,883 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I’m more curious to know why there is a star on the cover What’s in a reverse-warholian expedition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahfan 26,068 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, SJAG said: Actually, the cover ISN'T a photo of her. In Elle's October 2013 issue she revealed that the cover featured a statue made by Jeff Koons They’ve hung out at Koons’ farm in Pennsylvania and in his Manhattan studio, where, she says, “he’s making a sculpture of me, and it’s going to be my album cover.” As mentioned, by the images in the ARTPOP booklet you can tell it's not her since she looks very different from the final image. He probably took pictures of her in the same pose to use as a reference for the actual statue. It's easy to recognize it's not a real person, just take a look a the eyes by zooming the album cover. They probably colored it with a computer program to make her look more realistic. I know she did say that, but I do insist that the cover IS an edited photo of her. It has been discussed at great length back in the days: if you zoom into the gazing ball, you can see that the reflected hair remained unedited and is real. They never took any picture of that statue, nor did she lie in that interview: she never said the picture would be of the exact sculpture they were physically making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJAG 1,597 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, elijahfan said: I know she did say that, but I do insist that the cover IS an edited photo of her. It has been discussed at great length back in the days: if you zoom into the gazing ball, you can see that the reflected hair remained unedited and is real. They never took any picture of that statue, nor did she lie in that interview: she never said the picture would be of the exact sculpture they were physically making. But you can see the statue reflection on the glazing ball and her body looking blue-ish next to it (Except for the legs, which look completely off). I've noticed differences in the hair too, the image on the cover looks overall more realistic than the statue, but the hands and the face are definitely from the sculpture. I agree that they could have HIGLY edited it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahfan 26,068 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, SJAG said: But you can see the statue reflection on the glazing ball and her body looking blue-ish next to it (Except for the legs, which look completely off). I've noticed differences in the hair too, the image on the cover looks overall more realistic than the statue, but the hands and the face are definitely from the sculpture. I agree that they could have HIGLY edited it. Look, the thing is we'll never know for sure. But the difference in overall look and finish, the booklet photoshoot along with the detail of the hair reflected in the ball and the obviously high edited nature of the "statue" on the cover have led people to the conclusions I have exposed to you. Now feel free to have other theories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahfan 26,068 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I might add that Jeff Koons' gazing ball series all feature white plaster statues, which confirm that the album cover is not an actual Koons statue but rather an edited photo of Gaga (something that is painfully obvious to any amateur graphic designer if you zoom on the HQ version of the album cover). But the cover is still to be considered a Koons work, as photography and collages are part of his artistry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJAG 1,597 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, elijahfan said: I might add that Jeff Koons' gazing ball series all feature white plaster statues, which confirm that the album cover is not an actual Koons statue but rather an edited photo of Gaga (something that is painfully obvious to any amateur graphic designer if you zoom on the HQ version of the album cover). But the cover is still to be considered a Koons work, as photography and collages are part of his artistry. The Gaga statue is white too, what I'm saying is they might have used both the sculpture and a photo of her. It has some features that seem too realistic for a statue and vice versa. They could have edited the statue to mimic a real person or the other way around, we'll never know, I just wanted to quote what she said when interviewed and what she wrote on Twitter being those the few sources we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahfan 26,068 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Just now, SJAG said: The Gaga statue is white too, what I'm saying is they might have used both the sculpture and a photo of her. It has some features that seem too realistic for a statue and vice versa. They could have edited the statue to mimic a real person or the other way around, we'll never know, I just wanted to quote what she said when interviewed and what she wrote on Twitter being those the few sources we have. Right, that's my point: the artRAVE statue is a typical Koons statue, but the album cover is not. And it's impossible to get as much details from a statue. But anyway, yeah we'll never really know how they made it, but Gaga is still portrayed as a statue on the cover, be it an actual statue or not, so her interview isn't contradictory imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryloo 547 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Weasel said: Because the statue looks like an unimpressed asian man? I just spat on my computer screen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvador Sequea 813 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 You can't believe that hair in the cover isn't fake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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