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Jeff Koons

A Retrospective
By Scott Rothkopf
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Jeff Koons offers a fresh and engaging exploration of the influential and often controversial work of Jeff Koons, spanning over thirty-five years. Scott Rothkopf presents an insightful overview of Koons’ evolution as an artist, accompanied by essays from interdisciplinary contributors who examine themes such as celebrity, media, and technology. The book includes detailed illustrations of Koons’ iconic pieces, preparatory sketches, and installation photographs that reveal his artistic process, highlighting his unique reimagining of everyday popular culture objects like balloon animals and basketballs.
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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

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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 contributorsβ€”from academics to novelistsβ€”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

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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 HochdΓΆrfer
  • 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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About the Author

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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