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Jeff Koons
A Retrospective
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, cultural criticism, and the complex intersections of popular culture and fine art. It caters to both scholarly audiences and general readers seeking a comprehensive understanding of Jeff Koons' career and significance.
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
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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 recontextualises 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 criticised 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)
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"Rothkopf’s clear and coolly measured catalogue introduction must be read by any serious critic of Koons, pro or con." — Peter Schjeldahl, New Yorker
"A good primer for this controversial artist." — Lucy Davies, The Daily Telegraph
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780300195873
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 29 July 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 306 color + 36 b-w illus.
Contributors:
- Contributions by Jeffrey Deitch
- Contributions by Rachel Kushner
- Contributions by Isabelle Graw
- Contributions by Pamela M. Lee
- Contributions by Michelle Kuo
- Contributions by Antonio Damasio
- Contributions by Achim Hochdörfer
- Contributions by Alexander Nagel
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 260.0mm
Height: 318.0mm
Weight: 2155g
Pages: 288
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Scott Rothkopf is the Nancy and Steve Crown Family Curator and Associate Director of Programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
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