Jeff Koons 1955

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.

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.

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.

Nelson Automatic Cooker / Deep Fryer

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Speaker

The New 1980 Koons 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.

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

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

New Hoover Deluxe Shampoo Polishers 56 x 32 x 15 inches  142.2 x 91.4 x 38.1 cm 1980-1986

Equilibrium series 1983 Sketches the first water tanks for the Equilibrium series.

Aqualung bronze 27 x 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches  68.6 x 44.5 x 44.5 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1985

bronze 9 inches diameter 22.9 cm diameter Edition of 3 plus AP 1985 Basketball bronze 9 inches diameter  22.9 cm diameter  Edition of 3 plus AP 1985

Lifeboat bronze 12 x 80 x 60 inches  30.5 x 203.2 x 152.4 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1985

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.

Aqui Bacardi oil inks on canvas  45 x 60 inches  114.3 x 152.4 cm  Edition of 2 plus AP 1986

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 AP 1986

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 AP 1986

Statuary  Bob Hope stainless steel 17 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches  43.2 x 14 x 14 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1986

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

Doctor's Delight stainless steel 11 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches  27.9 x 17.1 x 14.6 cm Edition of 3 plus AP 1986

Kiepenkerl 1987 Koons is invited to "Skulptur Projekte Münster" in Germany, and creates Kiepenkerl in stainless chrome steel.

Kiepenkerl stainless steel 71 x 26 x 37 inches  180.3 x 66 x 94 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1987

Banality 1988 Koons'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.

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

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

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

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.

Made in Heaven lithograph billboard  125 x 272 inches 317.5 x 690.9 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1989

Bourgeois Bust - Jeff and Ilona marble 44 1/2 x 28 x 21 inches  113 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1991

Self-Portrait marble 37 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches 95.3 x 52.1 x 36.8 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP 1991

the monumental floral sculpture 1992 Koons 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.

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 york rockefeller 2000, private collection (permanent installation) 1992

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Split-Rocker (Pink/Blue) polychromed aluminum 13 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 13 inches 34.3 x 36.8 x 33 cm 1999

Bear (Dark Green) crystal glass, mirrored glass, colored plastic interlayer, stainless steel 84 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

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

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..

Split-Rocker stainless steel, soil, geotextile fabric, internal irrigation system, and live flowering plants 441 x 465 x 426 inches 1120 x 1180 x 1082 cm Installed at Palais des Papes, Avignon, 2000 2000

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

oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2002 Bagel oil on canvas  108 x 84 inches  274.3 x 213.4 cm 2002

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

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

oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2003 Popeye oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches  274.3 x 213.4 cm  2003

oil on canvas 108 x 146 1/8 inches 274.3 x 371.2 cm 2008 Triple Popeye oil on canvas 108 x 146 1/8 inches 274.3 x 371.2 cm 2008

Acrobat polychromed aluminum, galvanized steel, wood, straw  90 1/8 x 58 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches  228.9 x 148 x 64.8 cm  Edition of 3 plus AP  2003

Hulk Elvis 2006 Begins working on a new series, Hulk Elvis.

Double Hulk Elvis Origin Train Swish oil on canvas 102 x 138 inches  259.1 x 350.5 cm  2008

Hulk Elvis Monkey Train (Blue) oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2007

oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2007 Hulk Elvis III oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches  274.3 x 213.4 cm 2007

Antiquity 2008 Large-scale exhibitions in Chicago, New York, Berlin, and in the Palace of Versailles, are devoted to Koons. He starts working on the new series Antiquity.

oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2009-2012 Antiquity 1 oil on canvas 108 x 84 inches 274.3 x 213.4 cm 2009-2012

Balloon Venus high chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating 102 x 48 x 50 inches 259.1 x 121.9 x 127 cm 5 unique versions (Magenta, Red, Violet, Yellow, Orange) 2008-2012

Metallic Venus high chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating and live flowering plants 100 x 52 x 40 inches 254 x 132.1 x 101.6 cm 2010-2012

Extra Jeff Koons was the artist named to design the seventeenth in the series of BMW "Art Cars". His artwork was applied to a race-spec E92 BMW M3, and revealed to the public at The Pompidou Centre in Paris on 2 June 2010. Backed by BMW Motorsport, the car then competed at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. 2013 He collaborated with American recording artist Lady Gaga for her third studio album, ARTPOP. The album cover depicts a nude sculpture of Gaga made by Jeff Koons in front of a blue ball sculpture, and pieces of other art works in the background such as "Birth of Venus" painted by Sandro Botticelli.

BMW Art Car Lady Gaga's ARTPOP

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