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Jeff Koons
Balloon Animals Sculpture Set I by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art

2017

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This set of Jeff Koons' Balloon Animals includes Balloon Rabbit, Balloon Monkey and Balloon Swan, made of highly reflective porcelain. Incorporating the vocabulary of his iconic Celebration sculptures, this set marks a spectacular chapter of the artist's oeuvre. Balloon Animals Set I (matching edition number) - Jeff Koons, 21st Century, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition, Art Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating Rabbit (Red): 29,2 x 13,9 x 21 cm (11.5 x 5.4 x 8.2 in.) Monkey (Blue): 24,9 x 20,9 x 39,2 cm (9.8 x 8.2 x 15.4 in.) Swan (Yellow): 24,1 x 16,4 x 21 cm (9.4 x 6.4 x 8.2 in.) Edition of 999 Signed and numbered In mint condition, as acquired from the manufacturer In the original boxes designed by Jeff Koons, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity JEFF KOONS Jeff Koons (born 1955) playfully tests the boundaries of commerce, celebrity, banality and pleasure, turning banal commercial or everyday objects into art icons by using seductive materials, a shift of scale and a contextual displacement. He rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning of art in a media-saturated era. Koons turns banal commercial or everyday objects into art icons by using seductive materials, a shift of scale, and a contextual displacement. Jeff Koons’s “Balloon Dog” (featuring his enormous iconic chromium stainless steel dogs); his large-scale vinyl “Inflatables”; or the giant “Split-Rocker” all follow this principle. For instance, Jeff Koons in “Puppy” engaged the past and the present, referencing the eighteenth-century formal garden, while adding the most sugary of iconography. “It’s basically the medium that defines people’s perceptions of the world, of life itself, how to interact with others. The media defines reality.” —Jeff Koons Originally licensed as a commodities broker, Koons decided to become an artist in the late 1970s and moved from Wall Street into a factory-like studio in SoHo with hundreds of assistants. Since then, he has produced different iconic series, like the “Pre-New”, a series of domestic objects in strange new configurations, and “The Equilibrium” series, consisting of basketballs floating in distilled water tanks. The “Banality” series, which includes Jeff Koons´s “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” and “Woman in Tub”, among others, is characterized by oddly eroticized, comic, and kitsch images. However, it is indeed Koons’s “Made in Heaven” series that is his most provocative and controversial work, in which he examines the place of sexuality in visual culture. Koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, and controversial contemporary artists. He constantly tests the boundaries between art and commerce, high culture and mass culture, ready-made and art objects, by decontextualizing his objects and lifting them to iconic status. Jeff Koons´s art is the result of his intention to bring it out of the enclave of the genius-driven artist into the realms of contemporary pop and commerce-driven culture.
  • Creator:
    Jeff Koons (1955, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2017
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.5 in (29.2 cm)Width: 8.23 in (20.9 cm)Depth: 15.44 in (39.2 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Zug, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU156228062392
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