In may 2012, koons had his first major solo show in switzerland, at the beyeler museum in basel, entitled jeff koons. Kunsthaus bregenz, bregenz, austria july 18 september 16, 2001 jeff koons. Jeff koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, popular, and controversial artists of the postwar era. Despite his titanic art world status, jeff koons has never been the subject of a retrospective, nor of a book this comprehensive. 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. Neue nationalgalerie, berlin, germany october 31 february 8, 2008 orange sculpture. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Perhaps most significantly, though, the image of koons itself occurs throughout the book.
The major exhibition at the new york gallery in 20 marked the world debut of koonss gazing ball series, which occupies an important place in the artis. The whitney museum of american art is getting ready to say goodbye to its ritzy uptown digs before moving to a larger space in manhattans meatpacking district. Distributed by yale university press, new haven and london, c2014. See available prints and multiples, sculpture, and design for sale and learn about the artist. Jeff koons and the end of art gleaming in the ghostlight of fluorescent tubes, the vitrineencased vacuum cleaners that open the whitney museums jeff koons retrospective are. A couple of koonss bestknown works, balloon dog orange 1990s and rabbit 1986, set auction records. Royal academy, london, england june 7 august 15, 2011 version 2 jeff koons on the roof. Retrospective retrospektiv by koons, jeff and arthur danto et al. Pictures 19802002 focuses primarily on the formation and development of koonss paintings, but, given that he considers his early sculptures to be threedimensional paintings, this limit need hardly be considered mediumrestrictive. 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. San francisco museum of modern art, san francisco, california december 10, 1992 february 7, 1993. A retrospective, the museum is open 36 consecutive hours. In artforum editorinchief michelle kuos prologue to this lavish catalogue for jeff koons s touring retrospective, she claims.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Fondation beyeler, basel, switzerland may, 2012 october 2, 2012 monument to now. Jeff koons by scott rothkopf 2014, hardcover for sale. Typically working in series, his art holds up a mirror to contemporary consumer culture, using the photorealistic, commercial aesthetic familiar from an earlier generation of pop artists to generate his own unique and universally recognizable style. Hurst family gallery lower gallery to celebrate the final days of jeff koons.
Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california december 7, 2012 february 14, 20 version 2 summer exhibition 2011. Palzzo grassi, venice, italy august 30, 2012 january, 20 magenta jeff koons. Metropolitan museum of art, new york, new york april 22 october 26, 2008 version 1. Buy the comprehensive survey of american artist, jeff koons, published to accompany the 2014. Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california december 7, 2012 february 14, 20 version 2. Visitors strolling through jeff koonss recent exhibition at the beyeler foundation looked happy and comfortable. With hundreds of images and detailed analyses, this exhaustive monograph is. Other contributors koons, jeff, 1955whitney museum of american art. Jeff koonss balloon dog yellow, from 19942000, part of a retrospective of the artists work at the whitney museum of american art. Nov 08, 2018 jeff koons is found guilty of copying. Beautifully produced, eloquently written, meticulously annotated, and lavishly illustrated. Buy the comprehensive survey of american artist, jeff koons, published to accompany the 2014 exhibition at the whitney museum of american art. In artforum editorinchief michelle kuos prologue to this lavish catalogue for jeff koonss touring retrospective, she claims.
Kunsthaus bielefeld, bielefeld, germany september 22 november 10, 2002 jeff koons. Jun 27, 2014 jeff koonss balloon dog yellow, from 19942000, part of a retrospective of the artists work at the whitney museum of american art. What we hope to see at jeff koons whitney retrospective. For this print, jeff koons returns to flowers, an image he has referred to and used in earlier works. Pictures 19802002 focuses primarily on the formation and development of koons s paintings, but, given that he considers his early sculptures to be threedimensional paintings, this limit need hardly be considered mediumrestrictive. 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. Throughout his career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between advanced art and mass culture, challenged the limits of industrial fabrication, and transformed the relationship of artists to the cult of celebrity and the global.
Fondation beyeler, basel, switzerland may, 2012 october 2, 2012 red jeff koons. Museo archeologico nazionale, naples, italy june 9 september 15, 2003 jeff koons. Whitney museum of american art centre georges pompidou museo guggenheim bilbao examining the breadth and depth of thirtyfive years of work by jeff koons b. Jeff koons, a former wall street broker, plays with the consumerism codes and the pop rules to produce a colored work. One of the most prominent artists working today, jeff koons is well known for his bold paintings and sculptures. Peter schjeldahl, new yorker, despite his titanic art world status, jeff koons has never been the subject of a retrospective, nor of a book this comprehensive. Helsinki city art museum, helsinki, finland january 28 april 10, 2005 yellow jeff koons. It didnt matter our age or how serious, critically involved, or skeptical we were when we entered. Whitney museum of american art, new york, new york june 27 october 19, 2014 jeff koons. 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. Examining the breadth and depth of thirtyfive years of work by jeff koons b.
Throughout his career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between advanced art and mass culture, challenged the limits of industrial fabrication, and transformed the relationship of artists to the cult of celebrity and. Examining the breadth and depth of thirtyfive years of work by. Jeff koons image 1 jeff koons image 2 jeff koons image 3 jeff koons image 4 the postpop superstar. The centre pompidou, paris, france november 26, 2014 april 27, 2015 jeff koons. Published to coincide with his 20142015 retrospective, this new book provides the most revealing portrait that exists of jeff koons singular personality and artistic vision as he discusses works across his thirtyfive year career with his longtime friend and collaborator rosenthal. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Jeff koons is one of americas most popular contemporary artists. Gazing ball is the first catalogue on the artists work to be published by david zwirner. Downtown commons plaza at golden 1 center, sacramento, california september 26, 2016 permanent installation version 4 jeff koons. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
May 11, 2012 the whitney museum of american art is getting ready to say goodbye to its ritzy uptown digs before moving to a larger space in manhattans meatpacking district. 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. And before it goes, there will be one last huge exhibit. Jeff koons, one of a number of american artists to emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decades pervasive consumer culture. Join us on saturday night as jeff koons signs copies of the exhibition catalogue. Book signing with jeff koons whitney museum of american art. Despite his titanic art world status, jeff koons has never been the subject of a retrospective nor of a book this comprehensive. A book that demands to be read and savored, not just viewed at a glance. A fresh and engaging look at the controversial work of jeff koons, with insight. Until april 27th, the centre pompidou presents the first major retrospective devoted in europe to the work of jeff koons from 1979 to the present. A retrospective whitney museum of american art by scott rothkopf, antonio damasio, jeffrey deitch, isabelle graw, achim hochdorfer, michelle kuo, rachel kushner, pamela m.
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