Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is one of America’s most popular contemporary artists. His Neo-Pop aesthetics and wry appropriations of consumer objects, express a reverence for popular culture. “I try to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, so they feel open participation,” the artist has explained. He is perhaps best known for his oversized sculptures of kitschy souvenirs, toys, and ornaments that are bright and shiny, as seen in his Celebration (1994–2011) series. With his choice of materials, Koons lends a heft and permanence to otherwise ephemeral items.
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
2018
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2016
Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK
Newport Street Gallery, London, UK
Museo de Arts Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Natural HIstory Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy
Osterreichische Galertie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Norwich Castle Museums & Art Gakllery, Norwich, UK
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Artist Rooms: Jeff Koons, Norwich Castle Museums & Art Gallery, UK
2014
The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong, China
To name a few
Collections
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Equitable Corporation, NY
Deutsche Bank, Berlin
Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Berlin
Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, England
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
To name a few