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Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

The Post-Pop superstar: An in-depth study of Koons's entire oeuvre to date.

Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, each signed by Jeff Koons

From kinky to kitsch to conceptual, Jeff Koons's art is anything but conformist. Since he stirred up the art world establishment in the 1980s with his unapologetic basketball sculptures and stainless steel toy blow-ups, Koons has been known as somewhat of a bad boy--a reputation he confirmed in the early 90s via works depicting him having sex with then-wife Cicciolina, the Italian porn star-cum-politician. Following this torrid phase, he changed gears to produce the gargantuan Puppy, the 43-foot tall floral terrier that now resides at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Koons's exploitation of the banal, in the aggrandizement and/or embodiment of kitsch and pop imagery, has become his trademark; detractors may delight in their naysaying, but Koons's work commands millions at auction and his position at the forefront of contemporary art is indisputable.
Manufacturer: Taschen


Price: $4,000.00


Jeff Koons
User Reviews
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life (Wittgenstein)
rating: 1

There is a single idea that permeates Koons work. This idea is neither good, nor original, nor indeed - since it has been 70 years since Duchamps "Fountain" - particularly exciting. If there were a "Ladybird book of Modern Art", Jeff's saccharine, 'easyfun' work would be that book. Koons art-as-commodity schitck would be more convincing if the buying public had to decide. His commodities fail as commodities - their status as art, is, of course guaranteed, since (see Duchamp) he has told us it is so. Show me one more Scots Terrier made of flowers and I shall reach for my Uzi in a frenzy of post-modern criticism


try to make something good for once.
rating: 1

most of koons work is just duchamps idea repeated in several different forms.


pornography and Art - can they live together???
rating: 4

Pornography - Erotic Art is only few of his works! but takes big place in every reader mind!! (and please don't tell me u buy Playboy for the articles...) Jeff Koons decided to expose himself and his intimic life. He is no longer takes his wife and show HER nudity! but expose himself as well! he makes us think about the thin line between Pornography and Art! and he defenatly do it in a wondergul gentle way! Have fun and don't feel guilty forenjoying the regular Art inside the book!




Jeff Koons









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