The sale of koons 1986 rabbit at christies wednesday was. Jeff koons born january 21, 1955 is an american artist whose work incorporates kitsch imagery using painting, sculpture, and other forms, often in large scale. National galleries of scotland, edinburgh, scotland march 19 july 3, 2011 edition 2. Jeff koons born 1955 has remained constantly in the public eye since he first showed his equilibrium worksbasketballs floating in tanks of water, framed nike ads and a cast bronze lifeboatat the influential east village gallery international with monument in 1985. Pristinewhite cloth boards with metallicsilver floral design and titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Jeff koons, one of a number of american artists to emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decades pervasive consumer culture. And every night before drifting off to sleep in his home on the upper east side of manhattan, he is able to survey the salmon. Auction results for jeff koons in sculpturevolume artprice. Jeff koons artwork for sale at online auction jeff koons. Jeff koons for sale in uk 77 secondhand jeff koons. Danto has outlined, there is no doubt that the heroic popeye is koons by proxy in the world he is creating arthur c. A david hockney painting sold at auction for a record. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
In 2014, koons had a major solo exhibition at the whitney museum of american art, new york, and his work is in many. When he was a teenager, koons visited dali at the st. Prices at auctions for sculpturevolume artworks by jeff koons. Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. Due to the coronavirus covid19, we are postponing this auction for a future date. Jeff koons legal case for a series titled, subjective reasoning. He lives and works in both new york city and his hometown of york, pennsylvania. Consign your tractors, farm machinery, trucks, lawn equip. One of jeff koonss balloon dogs just fetched a record price, but who owns the rest of the litter. Punta della dogana, venice, italy april 9, 2011 december 31, 2012 edition 1 artist rooms.
Regis hotel in new york and even grew a dali mustache when he moved to the city after. Acclaimed british painter david hockney is poised to dethrone jeff koons for the highest auction sale of a work by a living artist. A couple of koonss bestknown works, balloon dog orange 1990s and rabbit 1986, set auction records. Billed as the the first monograph and primary sourcebook on jeff koons, this volume is an entirely entertaining read. Koons glossy metallic sculptures of balloon animals and mundane objects have been lauded. Auction results for jeff koons in sculpturevolume to access jeff koonss auction records, you need to log in and have a subscription. The top ten auction results of 2019and the art market trends they reveal. We have a selection of jeff koons paintings for sale. A brilliant production by jeff koons and scott rothkopf. For me its both and the art world is the best place to do it. Jeff koons emerged in the 1980s as an innovative sculptor of exquisitely crafted objects, which quickly became icons of art history, the primary example of which is rabbit, 1986.
David hockneys pool painting poised to shatter jeff koons. Used, jeff koons after balloon dog pink mode jeff koons after produced for his exhibition jeff koons now held atdamien hirsts newport street gallery, london. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by jeff koons. Popeye series, the exhibit included cast aluminum models of childrens pool toys and dense, realist paintings of popeye holding his can of spinach or smoking his pipe, a red lobster looming over his head. Whether its an estate sale of antiques and personal items, or an auction of farm machinery koons brings the buyers. Jeff koons 1955 united states is an artist born in 1955 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a sculpturevolume sold in 1988, at sothebys, and the most recent auction result is a objects sold in 2020. Jeff koons rabbit sets auction record for most expensive.
See available prints and multiples, sculpture, and design for sale and learn about the artist. We already have a fleet of police cars and lots of nice shop tools consigned. Jeff koons radically downsizes his studio, laying off half. View artworks for sale by koons, jeff jeff koons 1927, american. Jeff koons is an american artist known for his reproductions of banal objectssuch as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirrorfinish surfaces. Jeff koons is an american artist known for his reproductions of objects such as balloon animals produced in. He is known as one of the most influential contemporary american artists.
Join facebook to connect with jeff koons and others you may know. Jeff koons sculptures are described as allegorical with psychological dimensions that question popular culture, consumerism, sex, taste, and pleasure. It fetched the highest price at auction for any of the us artists work. Jeffrey jeff koons was born in 1955 in york, pennsylvania. Jeff koons has 40 books on goodreads with 582 ratings. Art world jeff koons radically downsizes his studio, laying off half his painting staff. Jeff koons, at 55, is one of the worlds most famous living artists. Created over the years of 1994 and 2006, jeff koons cracked egg is comprised of mirrorpolished stainless steel with a colored overlay.
Jeff koons is the most successful american artist since warhol. A playful rabbit sculpture by jeff koons has become the most expensive work by a living artist ever to sell at auction. Jeff koons art prints popular works from the iconic artist. By the early nineteeneighties, he was a commodities broker on wall street, becoming educated in the ways and means of financial speculation. Jeff koons is the highest paid visual artist of our time. Jeff koons on blowup dogs, record prices and his row with paris. Jeff koons plays with ideas of taste, pleasure, celebrity, and commerce. According to the auction house, that marks a new highest price paid. The artists market and biography, and their works prices and indices. Indeed, beyond possessing a popeye, koons is in fact mr.
Bbc news entertainment record price for koons sculpture. One of jeff koonss balloon dogs just fetched a record. Traditional art theory places great importance on the craftsmanship disclosed by an objective work of art like a beautiful painting or a wonderfully realistic sculpture. In may 2012, koons had his first major solo show in switzerland, at the beyeler museum in basel, entitled jeff koons. Since that time, he has continued to scandalize the art world with such unforgettable works as. Brand new and flawless in original unopened shipping box. Contributions by various jeff koons admirers and art experts. One of his latest pieces to attract attention is called, playdoh his works have sold for substantial sums, including at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. Shop original jeff koons art and other jeff koons art from the worlds best art galleries. This marks the third round of layoffs in the painting department since 2015, sources say. It set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist to be sold at auction. Artist jeff koons studied at the maryland institute college of art and the school of the art institute of chicago. In 1992, paula scher and i commissioned james traub to write about the art rogers vs.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Differences of opinion about koons worth as an artist essentially revolve around differences in the meaning of art. Popart provocateur jeff koons has broken a world record for a price paid for a single artwork by a living artist. The 40inchtall orb, which features a bold seal and walrus. His father was an interior designer, his mother a seamstress. An indepth study of koonss entire oeuvre to date limited to 1,500 numbered copies, each signed by jeff koons from kinky to kitsch to conceptual, jeff koonss art is anything but conformist. Based on a 1988 sculpture by the same name, jeff koons stacked features a humorous heap of animals, including a goat, two dogs, and a bird, all piled on top of an uncomfortable but resigned pig. Jeff koons is one of americas most popular contemporary artists. Richard saker for the observer since then, he has become richer his art more expensive and the claims against him are blossoming like. Cast in highly polished stainless steel from an inflatable easter bunny novelty, the sculptures mirrorlike surfaces have the eerie effect of including the viewer in their cool reflections. Curated by scott rothkopf, whose essay is indispensable.
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