Why in the world would a world-famous artist like Jeff Koons hire himself out for graphic design work?
It seems the multimillionaire artist and ex-husband of an ex-porn star may need the moolah. Jeff Koons famously married a European porn star, La Cicciolina (“fleshy one”), after hiring her as his muse for photos, paintings and sculptures. The artwork Koons spawned from their union was graphic but not graphic in a Googley design way. Think NSFW: sexually explicit in a flashy, fleshy Paris Hilton – Britney Spears – Lindsay Lohan kind of way. The only difference? Koons’ sculptures starred Jeff and (as Brit wits might say) his naughty bits. A few weeks ago, La Cicciolina, AKA Ilona Staller, sued her ex-husband, Jeffrey Koons, for $2.4 million dollars (1.5 million euros) in child support for their 15-year old son, Ludwig Maximilian Koons, according to papers filed in Manhattan State Supreme Court. Child support payments of 15,000 euros a month were ordered by an Italian court in June 2007. Koons has only paid 191,426 euros for child support during the roughly nine year period (Oct 1998 – De
