Jeff Koons

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Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artist
contemporary artist
human
sculptor
birthName Jeff Koons self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jeffrey Lynn Koons
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1955-01-21
educatedAt Maryland Institute College of Art
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
employer Jeff Koons studio
familyName Jeff Koons self-linksurface differs
surface form: Koons
fieldOfWork contemporary art
installation art
sculpture
genre pop art
givenName Jeffrey
hasWorkInCollection Broad Museum
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
influencedBy Andy Warhol
Claes Oldenburg
Marcel Duchamp
language English
movement Pop art
surface form: Neo-pop art

Postmodernism
surface form: Postmodern art
name Jeff Koons self-link
notableExhibition exhibition at the Centre Pompidou (2014)
exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2015)
retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2014)
notableWork Balloon Dog (Blue)
Balloon Dog (Magenta)
Balloon Dog (Orange)
Balloon Dog (Red)
Balloon Dog (Yellow)
Banality series
Celebration series
Hanging Heart
Made in Heaven
Michael Jackson and Bubbles
Play-Doh
Puppy
Rabbit
Split-Rocker
Tulips
placeOfBirth York, Pennsylvania
surface form: York, Pennsylvania, United States
record created one of the most expensive works sold at auction by a living artist
residence New York City
spouse Ilona Staller
Justine Wheeler
style appropriation of everyday objects
large-scale sculptures
references to popular culture
use of high-gloss surfaces
theme celebrity culture
childhood and play
consumerism
kitsch
workedAs Wall Street commodities broker

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Jeff Koons birthName Jeff Koons self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jeffrey Lynn Koons
Jeff Koons familyName Jeff Koons self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Koons
Andy Warhol influenced Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons name Jeff Koons self-link
subject surface form: The Broad
David Zwirner Gallery represents Jeff Koons