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Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons. 1955. Koons life.

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Jeff Koons

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  1. Jeff Koons 1955

  2. Koons life • Jeff Koons was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1955. He studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1976. Koons lives and works in New York City. • Koons is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces. • 1972-76 Studies art and design at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. In 1975 he spends an exchange year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The following year he leaves Chicago for New York.

  3. Koons Work • Koons’s work is in numerous public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum, The Broad Art Foundation, The National Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate Gallery, Museum Ludwig, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. • Koons earned renown for his public sculptures, such as the monumental floral sculpture Puppy (1992), shown at Rockefeller Center and permanently installed at the Guggenheim Bilbao. Another floral sculpture, Split-Rocker (2000), was installed at the Papal Palace in Avignon and at the Palace of Versailles.

  4. Pre-New • 1979 Begins to work with household appliances, which he affixes to fluorescent lamps for a series later titled Pre-New. Executes first work with a vacuum cleaner. Koons is employed as a broker on Wall Street in order to finance the production of his art.

  5. Nelson Automatic Cooker / Deep Fryer

  6. Pot

  7. Speaker

  8. The New • 1980Koons installs his first show in the display window of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, out of which he will develop the series The New.

  9. NEW HOOVER CONVERTIBLE, 1980 Vacuum cleaner, acrylic, and fluorescent lights, 142.2 x 57.2 x 57.2 cm

  10. NEW SHELTON WET/DRYS TRIPLEDECKER, 1981 Three vacuum cleaners, acrylic, and fluorescent lights, 316.2 x 71.1 x 71.1 cm

  11. New Hoover Deluxe Shampoo Polishers 56 x 32 x 15 inches 142.2 x 91.4 x 38.1 cm1980-1986

  12. Equilibriumseries • 1983 Sketches the first water tanks for the Equilibrium series.

  13. Aqualung bronze27 x 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches 68.6 x 44.5 x 44.5 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1985

  14. Basketball bronze9 inches diameter 22.9 cm diameter Edition of 3 plus AP1985

  15. Lifeboat bronze12 x 80 x 60 inches 30.5 x 203.2 x 152.4 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1985

  16. Luxury and Degradation and Statuary  • 1986 The series Luxury and Degradation and Statuary emerge, all of the sculptures of which consist of stainless chrome steel.

  17. Aqui Bacardi oil inks on canvas 45 x 60 inches 114.3 x 152.4 cm Edition of 2 plus AP1986

  18. Come Through with Taste - Myers's Dark Rum - Quote Newsweek oil inks on canvas 46 x 60 inches 116.8 x 152.4 cm Edition of 2 plus AP1986

  19. Baccarat Crystal Set stainless steel 12 1/2 x 16 x 16 inches 31.8 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1986

  20. Statuary Bob Hope stainless steel17 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches 43.2 x 14 x 14 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1986

  21. Cape Codder Troll stainless steel21 x 8 1/2 x 9 inches 53.3 x 21.6 x 22.9 cm Edition of 3 plus AP 1986

  22. Doctor's Delight stainless steel11 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches 27.9 x 17.1 x 14.6 cmEdition of 3 plus AP1986

  23. Kiepenkerl • 1987Koons is invited to "SkulpturProjekteMünster" in Germany, and creates Kiepenkerlin stainless chrome steel.

  24. Kiepenkerl stainless steel71 x 26 x 37 inches 180.3 x 66 x 94 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1987

  25. Banality • 1988Koons's new series, Banality, is simultaneously shown in three distinguished galleries in Cologne, New York and Chicago. The porcelain and wood figures mystify the critics.

  26. USHERING IN BANALITY, 1988 Polychromed wood, 96.5 x 157.5 x 76.2 cm

  27. MICHAEL JACKSON AND BUBBLES, 1988 Porcelain, 106.7 x 179.1 x 82.6 cm

  28. PINK PANTHER, 1988 Porcelain, 104.1 x 52.1 x 48.3 cm

  29. Made in Heaven • 1991 The Made in Heaven series is shown in Cologne and New York. The works, showing the artist making love with Ilona Staller, alias Cicciolina, are largely panned by the critics. Koons and Staller marry.

  30. Made in Heaven lithograph billboard 125 x 272 inches317.5 x 690.9 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1989

  31. Bourgeois Bust - Jeff and Ilona marble44 1/2 x 28 x 21 inches 113 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1991

  32. Self-Portrait marble37 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches95.3 x 52.1 x 36.8 cm Edition of 3 plus AP1991

  33. the monumental floral sculpture • 1992Koons creates the monumental floral sculpture Puppy in front of the castle in Bad Arolson near Kassel. Large museum retrospectives are held in Amsterdam, Stuttgart, San Francisco, and Minneapolis.

  34. Puppy stainless steel, wood (at Arolsen only), soil, geotextile fabric, internal irrigation system, live flowering plants 486 x 486 x 256 inches 1234.4 x 1234.4 x 650.2 cm Installations at arolsen 1992, sydney 1995-96, bilbao 1997 (permanent installation), new yorkrockefeller 2000, private collection (permanent installation)1992

  35. Celebration • 1993 Inspired by his little son, Ludwig Maximilian, Koons develops the extensive seriesCelebration, comprising colored chrome steel and polyethelene sculptures and paintings. Koons separates from Ilona Staller, and a protracted struggle for custody of their son begins.

  36. BALLOON DOG (RED), 1994–2000 High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, 307.3 x 363.2 x 114.3 cm

  37. HANGING HEART (GOLD/MAGENTA), 1994–2006 High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, 291 x 280 x 101.5 cm

  38. PLAY-DOH, 1995–2007 Oil on canvas, 333.4 x 282.5 cm

  39. BALLOON FLOWER (BLUE), 1995–2000 High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, 340 x 285 x 260 cm

  40. Easyfun • 1999Koons begins a new series, Easyfun, comprising paintings and wall-mounted sculptures.

  41. Split-Rocker (Pink/Blue) polychromed aluminum13 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 13 inches34.3 x 36.8 x 33 cm1999

  42. Bear (Dark Green) crystal glass, mirrored glass, colored plastic interlayer, stainless steel84 1/4 x 59 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches 214 x 151.8 x 3.8 cm 4 unique versions (Blue, Dark Green, Gold, Red)1999

  43. Cow (Lilac) crystal glass, mirrored glass, carbon fiber, foam, colored plastic interlayer, stainless steel 90 x 59 x 1 1/2 inches 228.6 x 149.9 x 3.8 cm 4 unique versions (Light Blue, Light Pink, Light Red, Lilac)1999

  44. Split-Rocker • 2000 Designs Split-Rocker, his second floral sculpture, which is first shown at the Palais des Papes in Avignon. He begins a new series of paintings, Easyfun-Ethereal..

  45. Split-Rocker stainless steel, soil, geotextile fabric, internal irrigation system, and live flowering plants441 x 465 x 426 inches1120 x 1180 x 1082 cmInstalled at Palais des Papes, Avignon, 20002000

  46. Easyfun-Ethereal.Auto oil on canvas 102 x 138 inches 259.1 x 350.5 cm 2001

  47. Bagel oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm2002

  48. Bluepoles oil on canvas 120 x 168 inches 304.8 x 426.7 cm 2000

  49. Popeye • 2002 A new series of sculptures and paintings, Popeye, is commenced. Koons weds Justine Wheeler.

  50. Popeye oil on canvas108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2003

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