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Product Description
In 1975, a young art student named Jeff Koons (b. 1955) moved to Chicago, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute; worked as a studio assistant to his hero, painter Ed Paschke, for $1 an hour; and socialized with many of the city’s most talented artists. This handsome book takes a fresh look at the rise and career of Jeff Koons, who is now arguably one of the world’s most famous artists.
Koons collaborated extensively on this book, which accompanies the first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. in 16 years and offers a survey of nearly thirty years of his work, beginning with iconic sculptures from 1979 to new paintings completed in 2007. Francesco Bonami reconsiders his career, making intriguing connections to the work of Andy Warhol, A. A. Milne, Marcel Duchamp, and Gustave Courbet, among others. This is the first publication to explore a little-known but highly influential period in the artist’s career––his time in Chicago in the 1970s. It also provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Koons’s work for new audiences and short texts about each of his series and many major works.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #203423 in Books
- Published on: 2008-07-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 136 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In her foreword, Pritzker Director of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, Madeleine Grynsztejn, describes artist Jeff Koons's work as "a panorama of our culture's desires, fantasies, absurdities, banalities, and delights" rendered with a "celebratory, almost childlike sense of wonder." Skilled in a variety of mediums and materials, Koons combines the aesthetic force of Pop, Surrealism and Imagism to produce the eye-popping exhibitions profiled here, from his 1970s Chicago work to his latest work with inflatables, enormous stainless-steel animal balloons and "Hulk Elvis." Koons' first two exhibitions, 1979's "Pre-New" and "The New," feature actual household appliances illuminated in Plexiglas cases, playfully reviving the novelty and awe these items were meant to inspire in the middle class consumer. 1988's Banality series features Koons's own Hummel-esque porcelain figurines, one of which features the Pink Panther embracing a half-naked woman, another Michael Jackson and his monkey, Bubbles. A few photographic self-portraits-as-advertising give readers a short glimpse of the artist, one of which features Koons apparently lecturing a classroom of eager children on how to "exploit the masses." In addition to exhibition overviews, Bonami also contributes several fine introductory essays and includes a long conversation between Koons and Chicago curator Lynne Warren.
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About the Author
Francesco Bonami is Artistic Director of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery and a former Manilow Senior Curator at the MCA. He served as chief curator of the 50th Venice Biennale. Lynne Warren is Curator at the MCA and editor of Art in Chicago, 1945–1995.
Customer Reviews
Quick before it costs 4,000.00.
This is an excellent art book. The color reproductions are flawless, but I feel it's quite repetitive. I wish there was a HUGE volume of EVERYTHING for Jeff Koons fans.... Only I wish I didn't have to spend 4,000 dollars to get it. Bonami's book is inexpensive and covers a lot. Similar to her foreign publication on Jeff Koons. There's a great selection of photographs in each body of work. The "Made In Heaven" series is by far my favorite of Koons' and Bonami includes some rare and beautiful photos from this series... But I wish there was more. I want it ALL. I don't want samples and bits and pieces... I wish we could see everything. A complete volume-- From beginning to end.
As for the text in this art book? -- Meh.
Jared
Impressive Exhibition Catalog
I've always been a fan of Jeff Koons. I love his wit, his irony, and his ability to push boundaries.
Not only is this book/catalog a great survey of his work, but an incredibly thorough documentation of the artist's oeuvre and exhibition at the MCA Chicago. (Besides, the price here is fantastic - I bought this at the exhibition last summer and it is still worth every penny.)
This is a must for artists, fans, educators, pop culture enthusiasts, and anyone interested in contemporary art.
