You call that art?

It was funny watching Colbert interviewing Jeff Koons last night, and barely restraining his skepticism.

I'm usually a big defender of Modern Art. It isn't something your six your old child could do -- not really.

Koons talked about context giving meaning to what looks silly or lazy on the surface. But speaking of context, an interview like this can make such 'found' art look pretty ridiculous. It didn't help that when Colbert made his usual joke about liking the shiny surfaces because he could see his own reflection, that Koons a little too quickly agreed that that was his purpose.

Really?

Maybe. Maybe not.

His explanations seemed a little too glib. It's probably better for an artist like that to simply raise his eyebrow mysteriously, as if to say, "What? You don't get it?"

Modern Art has probably always been as much about publicity as substance, and this interview didn't help much.

It was odd. Here you have what is almost completely an IRONIC art form (there's your context, in a nutshell) being interviewed by a completely IRONIC interviewer, and attempting to be sincere and authentic, and instead, coming across as patronizing and dull.

Very strange.