Guggenheim museum bilbao, bilbao, spain june 9 september 27, 2015 jeff koons. Jeff koons on the roof the metropolitan museum of art. Controversial jeff koons sculpture debuts at sacramento arena. Versailles, where a selection of his work were presented within the grand apartments. Buy online, view images and see past prices for jeff koons jeff koons. Celebration by koons, jeff husch, anette and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Whether it is the seductive reflective surface, the intricate knots, creases, or twists, no detail of the work was compromised in rendering these balloon animals in porcelain. With hundreds of images and detailed analyses, this exhaustive monograph is. Fundamental to his art is his presentation of himself in the image and through images. Appearance stripped bare, desire and the object in the work of marcel duchamp and jeff koons, even. Jeff koons spectacular october 2008 exhibition at berlins neue nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as celebration, a project whose fabrication has involved so much labor both manual and computeraided that koons seemed to almost. Koons protests that hes not prepared to make a speech about his current work, collectively called celebration, but no insurance adjuster ever had a. Neue nationalgalerie, berlin, germany october 31, 2008 february 8, 2009 magenta neue nationalgalerie, berlin, germany october 31, 2008 february 8, 2009 magenta balloon flower. Jeff koons derives inspiration from things you might find at a yard sale.
Fondation beyeler, basel, switzerland may, 2012 october 2, 2012 monument to now. Art world controversial jeff koons sculpture debuts at sacramento arena. Poons, meanwhile, is shown in a shambolic barn where everything is coated in accretions of paint, including the artist. Jeffrey koons is an american artist known for working with popular culture subjects and his reproductions of banal objects, such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirrorfinish surfaces. Celebration, work by jeff koons, on view at the guggenheim museum bilbao from june 9 to september 27, 2015.
Whitney museum of american art, new york, new york june 27 october 19, 2014 jeff koons. Jeff koons in matt blacks reflections series at nowness. Downtown commons plaza at golden 1 center, sacramento, california september 26, 2016 permanent installation version 4 jeff koons. Jeff koons began his careerdefining celebration series in 1993an ambitious collection of over 30 monumental sculptures and paintings that pay tribute to artsy search. Jeff koons spectacular october 2008 exhibition at berlins neue nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as celebration, a project whose fabrication has involved so much labor both manual and computeraided that koons seemed to almost vanish from the art world radar in the 1990s, when he first undertook the series. Perhaps most significantly, though, the image of koons itself occurs throughout the book. He became widely known in the 1980 s with assemblages of inflatable flowers and toys, displays of brand new vacuum cleaners and a lifesize ceramic sculpture of michael jackson and bubbles the pop idols favourite chimpanzee pet. The man who enshrined a hoover vacuum cleaner, who suspended a basketball in a fish tank half filled with water, who created a lifesize polychromed wooden replica of michael jackson and his pet chimp bubbles, who transferred his sex life with his thenwife, italian. Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california december 7, 2012 february 14, 20 version 2 summer exhibition 2011. Neue nationalgalerie, berlin, germany october 31 february 8, 2008 orange sculpture. In 1994, an invitation to design a calendar inspired jeff koons to embark on one of the longest, most technically challenging series to date in his career, celebration. The book is inscribed by the famous artist jeff koons along with a flower drawing in silver sharpie on the second page.
In may 2012, koons had his first major solo show in switzerland, at the beyeler museum in basel, entitled jeff koons. Royal academy, london, england june 7 august 15, 2011 version 2 jeff koons on the roof. He lives and works in both new york city and his hometown of york, pennsylvania. The centre pompidou, paris, france november 26, 2014 april 27, 2015 jeff koons. This exhibition was organized by the whitney museum of american art, new york, in collaboration with the centre pompidou, paris, and the guggenheim museum bilbao. Jeff koons piglet is bound for california art agenda. Jun 25, 2014 t he last american retrospective of the work of jeff koons, the permasmiling master of high art and low, took place at the museum of contemporary art in chicago in the summer of 2008. The definitive survey of jeff koonss hulk elvis paintings, including an. Despite his titanic art world status, jeff koons has never been the subject of a retrospective, nor of a book this comprehensive. He lives and works in both new york city and his hometown of york. This original signed drawing is held in the orange front end page of the hardcover monograph celebration, and it is signed and dated by koons lower right. Deste foundation centre for contemporary art, athens, greece june 22 december 31, 2004 jeff koons. Robert hughes pronounced a damning postmortem on koons s career in his book american visions.
Sep 27, 2016 art world controversial jeff koons sculpture debuts at sacramento arena. Coloring book, jeff koons artwork chosen for outside the new downtown arena, is based on piglet, a cute animal appropriated from a. Koons, he said, was the last art star to be cranked out. The three sculptures featured on the roof garden are from the celebration series, which koons began working on in 1993. He is featured as subject of pseudohistorical marble busts, and as subject or cosubject of his notorious pornographic series, made in heaven from the late 1980s and early 1990s, shown supersaturated in oil inks silkscreened on canvas. Celebration hardcover april 1, 2009 by anette husch author, peterklaus schuster author, jeff koons artist. Jeff koons spectacular october 2008 exhibition at berlins neue nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as celebration, a project whose fabrication has involved so much labor both manual and computeraided that koons more. Jeff koons began his careerdefining celebration series in 1993an ambitious collection of over 30 monumental sculptures and paintings that pay tribute to lifes big milestones, such as birthdays, weddings, and becoming a parent. Jeff koons has 40 books on goodreads with 575 ratings.
Incorporating the vocabulary of his iconic celebration sculptures, balloon monkey, balloon rabbit and balloon swan marked a spectacular new chapter in jeff koonss oeuvre. Jeff koons spectacular october 2008 exhibition at berlins neue nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as celebration. His celebration sculptures were the subject of exhibitions on the rooftop of the metropolitan museum of art in new york and at the neue nationalgalerie in berlin. At the same time, he clearly positions himself within art historical traditions. Metropolitan museum of art, new york, new york april 22. These playful sculptures are now among the most iconic works of contemporary art. The inscription reads bill, embrace your past jeff koons. Jeff koons sculptor, illustrator, painter biography. Koons works with the garish, loud, and colorful, as well as with the playful and kitschy. The sculptures reproduced here continue koons fondness for casting inflatable toys in aluminumcarefully painted to resemble supple plasticwhich he. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Jeff koons, one of a number of american artists to emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decades pervasive consumer culture. Jeff koons released balloon dogs as part of his celebration series in 1993. Apr 12, 2019 jeff koons is the sometimes controversial artist who has relied on pop culture and everyday objects for inspiration.
Jeff koons born 1955 is a controversial modern artist who lives and works in new york usa. Coloring book 1997 2005 by jeff koons that might sound like a lot, yet coloring book is from koons celebration series, which includes betterknown sculptures, such as his balloon dogs and cracked eggs. Jeff koons is one of americas most popular contemporary artists. From heritage auctions, jeff koons, celebration 2009, hardcover book with ink drawing, 11 78. Popeye series, the exhibit included cast aluminum models of childrens pool toys and dense, realist paintings of popeye holding his can of spinach or smoking his pipe, a red lobster looming over his head. Metropolitan museum of art, new york, new york april 22 october 26, 2008 version 1. The venture took over 10 years to complete and nearly bankrupted koons, requiring sizable investments from the artists collectors, dealers, and friends. Jul 08, 2014 despite his titanic art world status, jeff koons has never been the subject of a retrospective, nor of a book this comprehensive. For this new project, he took photographs and collected images related to holidays and memorable events, looking for easily recognizable archetypes to illustrate every month of. He is the epitome of neopop, a 1980s movement that looked to earlier pop artists, particularly warhol, for inspiration. Fondation beyeler, basel, switzerland may, 2012 october 2, 2012 jeff koons kunsthaus bregenz, bregenz, austria july 18 september 16, 2001. Jan 01, 2002 the man who enshrined a hoover vacuum cleaner, who suspended a basketball in a fish tank half filled with water, who created a lifesize polychromed wooden replica of michael jackson and his pet chimp bubbles, who transferred his sex life with his thenwife, italian porn star ilona staller aka cicciolina, onto canvas, and who made a monumental topiary sculpture in the shape of a puppy, is. Jeff koons spectacular october 2008 exhibition at berlins neue nationalgaleri. Balloon dog yellow is based on balloons twisted into the shape of a toy dog.
A couple of koonss bestknown works, balloon dog orange 1990s and rabbit 1986, set auction records. Charting every significant series of works, from basketballs and vacuum cleaners to paintings and pornography to blownup tchotchkes and balloon animals, along with a wealth of ephemera, the catalogue delivers. Created over the years of 1994 and 2006, jeff koons cracked egg is comprised of mirrorpolished stainless steel with a colored overlay. Jeff koons born 1955 has remained constantly in the public eye since he first showed his equilibrium worksbasketballs floating in tanks of water, framed nike ads and a cast bronze lifeboatat the influential east village gallery international with monument in 1985. Invaluable is the worlds largest marketplace for art, antiques, and collectibles. Jeff koons is one of the most successful artists of the present day.
The man who enshrined a hoover vacuum cleaner, who suspended a basketball in a fish tank half filled with water, who created a lifesize polychromed wooden replica of michael jackson and his pet chimp bubbles, who transferred his sex life with his thenwife. Since that time, he has continued to scandalize the art world with such unforgettable works as michael jackson and bubbles. Scrappy, funny, and unkempt, poons acts as a foil to market darling jeff koons the rhyme is a lagniappe, whom we see roaming his antiseptic factory, while assistants slave away producing his art. Helsinki city art museum, helsinki, finland january 28 april 10, 2005 yellow jeff koons. Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california december 7, 2012 february 14, 20 version 2. Jeff koons popeye series, begun in 2002, incorporates some of the artists signature themes and motifs. Unique flower drawing done in thick silver sharpie by pioneering art world superstar jeff koons. Kunsthaus bielefeld, bielefeld, germany september 22 november 10, 2002 jeff koons.
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