Jeff Koons : a retrospective / Scott Rothkopf; with contributions by Antonio Damasio ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.Description: 288 p. : col. ill. 31 cmISBN: - 0300195877
- 9780300195873
- 709.2 KOO
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 709.2 KOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100590414 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A fresh and engaging look at the controversial work of Jeff Koons, with insightful analyses and illustrations of all of his iconic pieces alongside preparatory works and historical photographs
Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume features all of his most famous pieces. In an engaging overview essay, Scott Rothkopf carefully examines the evolution of Koons' work and his development over the past thirty-five years, offering a fresh scholarly perspective on the artist's multi-faceted career. In addition, short essays by a wide range of interdisciplinary contributors--from academics to novelists--probe provocative topics such as celebrity and media, markets and money, and technology and fabrication. Also included are preparatory sketches and plans for sculptures and paintings as well as installation photographs that shed light on Koons' artistic process and trace the development of his work throughout his landmark career.
Koons has risen to international fame making art that reimagines and recontextualizes images and objects from popular culture such as vacuum cleaners, basketballs, and balloon animals. Created with painstaking attention to detail by a team of fabricators, these objects raise questions about taste and popular culture, and position Koons as one of the most lauded and criticized artists working today.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Whitney Museum of American Art
(06/27/14-10/19/14)
Centre Pompidou
(11/26/14-04/27/15)
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
(06/05/15-09/27/15)
Essays by Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Alexander Nahel.
exhibs.
Bibliography: p. 253-271.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 27 June - 19 Oct. 2014; Centre Pompidou Musée national d\'art moderne Paris, 26 Nov. 2014 - 27 Apr. 2015; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 5 June - 27 Sept. 2015.
This volume surveys thirty five years of the artists\' work, ranngig from iconic sculptures to previously unpublished renderings. In an engaging essay that covers key themes, formal approaches, and complex techniques, Scott Rothkopf highlights the numerous ways Koons has broken ground or set new limits for artists. In addition, short essays by a group of interdisciplinary contributors cover a variety of critical topics to illuminate the breadth of Koons\' cultural reach.