Greek Billionaire Commissions Yacht by Jeff Koons

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Sep 1st 2008 at 9:01AM

This has got to be one of the stranger luxury craft plying the waters: Guilty, the 115-ft. yacht Greek billionaire Dakis Joannou commissioned from art world superstar Jeff Koons. Joannou, an industrialist who owns one of the world's finest collections of contemporary art, had Koons' design executed by Italian yacht builder Ivana Porfiri.

Though Koons' colorful scheme calls to mind the Pop Art paintings of the late Roy Liechtenstein, Joannou says the design is actually based on a WWI camouflage pattern. After the yacht's completion, Joannou came across a text painting entitled Guilty by British artist Sarah Morris, which he immediately purchased to decorate the yacht. The eye-popping craft which was recently spotted on its maiden voyage in Monaco.

[via Monaco Eye]

Gallery: Guilty by Jeff Koons

Tags: Billionaires, Contemporary art, ContemporaryArt, Dakis Joannou, DakisJoannou, Ivana Porfiri, IvanaPorfiri, Jeff Koons, JeffKoons, Monaco, Roy Liechtenstein, RoyLiechtenstein, Sarah Morris, SarahMorris

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing

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Mr Carlos V. Sep 1st 2008 9:42AM

What ugly POS...

Steven Sep 1st 2008 6:09PM

That is so cool. Which boat/artist is that dazzle pattern from?

ryan Sep 3rd 2008 12:23PM

can you read it are you just capable of looking at the pretty colors?

Dan M Sep 2nd 2008 6:35AM

I have to agree with Mr Carlos ,that boat is an eyesore ,made to grab attention.

The classic : " LOOK AT ME", of the attention whores of the world.!

roberta wilburn Sep 2nd 2008 4:18PM

i like it its hot

Ron C Sep 2nd 2008 4:54PM

I have a 19 foot boat I wouldn't be caught dead in with paint job!!

michael Sep 2nd 2008 6:52PM

that looks like a piece of crap

bryant Sep 3rd 2008 7:49AM

So is that abstract painting. lol

Crystal Sep 3rd 2008 1:27PM

No....It's distract painting! UGH!

Joyce Sep 3rd 2008 9:31AM

At least he does'nt have to worry about it being stolen,even thieves have some class.

Russ Sep 3rd 2008 9:47AM

Reminds me of a boat made of Leggo blocks. It floats because the sea is rejecting it.

Carol Sep 3rd 2008 10:17AM

Your absolutely right Russ, it does look like a huge Leggo block project. Just goes to show you, people with money will buy anything.

Bill Sep 3rd 2008 10:37AM

Designed by Jeff Koons? That no talent hack who's main claim to fame was being married to that Italian whore/ porn star? Are you serious? Koons must have saw him coming a mile away...

Cheryl Sep 3rd 2008 10:39AM

At least they won't be one of those that are at risk for being 'lost at sea'.

terry Sep 3rd 2008 11:16PM

I think it`s pretty cool, very modern looking. Really wouldn`t put it on a yacht though because they are supposed to look classy but I do like the colors.

Adam Sep 3rd 2008 10:42AM

Looks a little bit like Lego.

David Sep 3rd 2008 11:18AM

In WWI they used optical range finders to judge the distance of enemy ships. So the US had some ships painted with a checkerboard pattern that looked like it was stretched and warped. It supposedly made the focusing of the rangefinders impossible. But then radar was invented and they could pinpoint the enemy in the dark. For most folks I think this yacht would make them look the other way. Another way to be invisible I think. It isn't as bad as not having a boat or not being able to mess around by the water though.