“It took eight years for Jeff Koons to create the sculpture *Liberty Bell.*Its construction relied on Koons’s complex industrial process, which has become as much a part of his work as the product. In Koons’s world, no detail goes overlooked—even imperfections are, in their own way, perfect. To achieve this, Koons employs 128 people at his studio: 64 in the painting department; 44 in the sculpture department; 10 in the digital department; and 10 in administration. That’s to say nothing of the specialists, fabricators, and institutions he consults, including most recently M.I.T.’s Center for Bits and Atoms, led by Neil Gershenfeld.”
Read more at Vanity Fair.