| Style | Conceptual Art |
| Lived | Born January 21, 1955 ( 20th - 21st century ) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Biography |
Jeff Koons Biography |
| Prints |
Jeff Koons prints and posters |
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| Art |
Some of Jeff Koons's most famous artworks include 'Diamond', 'Rabbit', 'Hanging Heart', 'Puppy', 'Michael Jackson and Bubbles', 'Balloon Flower' and 'Balloon Dog'.
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| Quote | "I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery."
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| Interesting |
Jeff Koons: The basic story line is about art leaving the realm of the artist, when the artist loses control of the work. It’s defined basically by two ends. One would be Louis XIV — that if you put art in the hands of an aristocracy or monarch, art will become reflec-tive of ego and decorative — and on the other end of the scale would be Bob Hope — that if you give art to the masses, art will become reflective of mass ego and also decorative. The body of work is based around statuary representing different periods of Western European art. Each work in the show is coded to be more or less specific about art being used as a symbol or representation of a certain theme that takes place in art, such as Doctor’s Delight, a symbol of sexuality in art; Two Kids, of morality in art; Rabbit, of fantasy in art. Italian Woman would be a symbol of the artist going after beauty; Flowers would be art being used to show elegance and the strength of money; Louis XIV is power, a sym-bol of using art as an authoritarian means; Trolls, a symbol of mythology.
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| Links |
Official Jeff Koons Website
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