Jeff Koons | 
| Authors: Ingrid Sischy, Eckhard Schneider, Katy Siegel
Creator: Hans Werner Holzwarth
Publisher: Taschen
Category: Book
List Price: $1,800.00
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Sales Rank: 281935
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Sgd Blg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 606
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25.7
Dimensions (in): 20.2 x 6.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 3822849448
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9783822849446
ASIN: 3822849448
Publication Date: April 2, 2008
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Product Description
The Post-Pop superstar: An in-depth study of Koons's entire oeuvre to date Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, each signed by Jeff Koons From kinky to kitsch to conceptual, Jeff Koons's art is anything but conformist. Since he stirred up the art world establishment in the 1980s with his unapologetic basketball sculptures and stainless steel toy blow-ups, Koons has been known as somewhat of a bad boy?a reputation he confirmed in the early 90s via works depicting him having sex with then-wife Cicciolina, the Italian porn star-cum-politician. Following this torrid phase, he changed gears to produce the gargantuan Puppy, the 43-foot tall floral terrier that now resides at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Koons's exploitation of the banal, in the aggrandizement and/or embodiment of kitsch and pop imagery, has become his trademark; detractors may delight in their naysaying, but Koons's work commands millions at auction and his position at the forefront of contemporary art is indisputable. This exhaustive monograph begins with a biographical essay by Interview magazine editor-in-chief Ingrid Sischy that puts his work into context and tells his personal story, as well as a text by Eckhard Schneider's analyzing Koons from a European perspective. Arranged in chronological chapters by work groups, the main body of the book features art historian and critic Katy Siegel's detailed analyses alongside hundreds of large-format images tracing Koons's career from 1979 to today. Rounding off the book are an extended bibliography and a lavishly illustrated biography. Fans of Jeff Koons's work will find in this publication not only a sumptuous book-object, but also the most comprehensive study of theartist's work ever published.
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sadly, this is worth the money April 21, 2008
the warhol of today, jeff koons is the most expensive living artist. kitsch, schlock and bad taste are his specialty. i think he's a hack. that having been said, i believe the luxury and quality of this book combined with the small limitation will make it investment grade. a few years from now this will be selling for $10,000.
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