Banality series

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The Banality series is a group of sculptures by Jeff Koons that reimagines kitschy, mass-culture imagery in highly polished, monumental forms to challenge distinctions between high art and popular taste.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art series
sculpture series
artist Jeff Koons
artisticApproach appropriation
highly polished finish
monumental scale
recontextualization of kitsch
controversy copyright infringement disputes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Jeff Koons
exhibitedAt Donald Young Gallery
Max Hetzler Gallery
Sonnabend Gallery
genre contemporary art
hasPart Amore
Ballerinas
Bear and Policeman
Buster Keaton
Fait d’Hiver
Kiepenkerl
Michael Jackson and Bubbles
Milking Cow
Panther and Man
The Pink Panther
surface form: Pink Panther

Popples
John the Baptist
surface form: St. John the Baptist

String of Puppies
Ushering in Banality
Winter Bears
The Tub
surface form: Woman in Tub
hasWorkWithLegalIssues Fait d’Hiver
String of Puppies
inception 1988
influencedBy advertising imagery
consumer culture
kitsch aesthetics
locationOfFirstExhibition City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

Cologne
New York City
materialUsed ceramic
paint
polychromed wood
porcelain
movement Neo-pop
surface form: Neo-Pop

Postmodernism
surface form: Postmodern art
notableWork Michael Jackson and Bubbles
The Pink Panther
surface form: Pink Panther

Ushering in Banality
purpose to challenge distinctions between high art and popular taste
subjectMatter cartoon characters
celebrity culture
kitsch
mass culture
popular culture icons
religious imagery

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Jeff Koons notableWork Banality series
Michael Jackson and Bubbles partOfSeries Banality series