Since then, his work and style have evolved to include some ofcontemporary arts most famous sculptures.
That’s where the art happens.
Here are six Jeff Koons artworks that showcase how his artistic practice evolved over the years.
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Throughout the 80s, he presented vacuum cleaners in plexiglass display cases that were illuminated by industrial fluorescent lighting.
I wanted to create him in a very god-like icon manner, explained Koons.
Its one of many sculptures inspired by inflatable characters.
Ive always enjoyed balloon animals because theyre like us, Koons said about the playful series, Were balloons.
You take a breath and you inhale, its an optimism.
You exhale, and its kind of a symbol of death.
Koons thenreclaimed the titlein 2019 when he sold his 1986 stainless steel sculptureRabbitfor $91.1 million.
He was so proud.
That it’s perfect, that you just experience acceptance.
Play-Dohis also part of KoonsCelebrationseries, in which the artist focused on highlighting the passage of time.
Many of the pieces reference the cycle of birth, growth, and the human drive to procreate.
Play-Dohis an object, which captures the raw energy of creation,saysKoons.
Yes, we can all be artists.
Koons Hulks represent the connection between Western comic book culture and the concept of gender.
The Hulks are like thattheyre really high-testosterone symbols.
The subject is based on a small porcelain figurine by a Ukrainian artist named Oksana Zhnikrup.
Koons went much larger, however, and created a version of the dancer that stands 45 feet tall.
Featuring a mirrored, nylon surface, the material allows the viewer to see themselves in the sculpture.
In a reflective surface, your existence is being affirmed, Koons explained.
When you move, your abstracted reflection changes.
The experience is dependent upon you; it lets you know that art is happening inside of you.
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