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SturdyGal ago

Is the ICMEC Founder Jeff Koons the same artist who produces highly sexualized artwork yet the ICMEC has a strong anti-porn posiiton? Koons and Hotdog

DonaldWashington ago

Yes. He also designed a Yacht named "Guilty" for a man named Dakis Joannou. Joannou runs a company called Joannou & Paraskevaides, which happens to be one of the biggest foreign contractors working in the Middle East.

 

Notable completed projects:

  • the Seeb International Airport in Muscat, Oman which was completed in 1976. It is the main airport in Oman and the hub for the national carrier Oman Air.
  • the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia which was completed in 1993. It is located 15 kilometers (about 10 miles) northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest airport in the world in terms of land area (780 km²), thus making it larger than the nearby country of Bahrain.
  • the Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. finished in 1981. It is the second largest airport in the U.A.E.
  • the Rio-Antirio bridge in Greece completed in 2004. It is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Gulf of Corinth near Patras, linking the town of Rio on the Peloponnese to Antirrio on mainland Greece.
  • the Al Bustan Palace Hotel in Muscat, Oman.

 

J&P(O) Ltd's most notable current projects include:

  • The Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan to be completed in 2011. The EPC (contract) for the Rehabilitation, Expansion and Operation of Queen Alia International Airport is shared between J&P(O) Ltd and J&P-AVAX SA. Works will increase the initial capacity of the airport to 9 million passengers annually and give the ability to expand to 12 million passengers annually. Also, the expansion of the airport will allow it to handle the Airbus A380.
  • Two contracts for The Pearl-Qatar[6] artificial island, in Doha, Qatar: The Roads and Infrastructure Project for the Island to be completed during 2010, and the Design and Construction of Qanat Quartier Precinct and the Construction of 31 Villas in La Plage and Bahriya Precincts to be completed during 2011.
  • Construction of the main works contract for seven maintenance hangars (A to G) along with all required facilities (workshops, power plant, stores, car parks, administration building, mosque and all services) over an area of 565,000 m2 at Dubai International Airport.

 

Suffice to say, Joannou has deep ties to the Middle East.

Joannou also used to be on the ICMEC Board of Directors

 

You'll also notice that the Eli and Edyth Broad Foundation is listed next to Koons' Foundation as a top sponsor.