“Balloon Swan (Blue)” from the Antiquity series. One of the first sculptures I ever made as a child was a swan. I worked very hard in trying to get its shape just right, even though it had some awkwardness to it. I felt finally with the Balloon Swan I got it right.   “Balloon Swan (Blue)” (2004-11) mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating, 138 x 94 x 119 inches © Jeff Koons, Photo by Tom Powel Imaging during Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculptures, May 9 – June 29, 2013, at Gagosian, New York   #jeffkoons #art #artist #sculpture #contemporaryart

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“Pink Ballerina” from my Antiquity series on view at “Nothing Still About Still Life” at the Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China   “Pink Ballerina” (2009-2021) marble and live cut flowers, 100 1/8 x 51 1/2 x 56 3/8 inches © Jeff Koons, Photos Courtesy Deji Art Museum   #jeffkoons #sculpture #contemporaryart #art

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“Balloon Monkey (Magenta)” displayed in the Toledo Museum of Art. The monkey looks so beautiful in its architectural setting.   “Balloon Monkey (Magenta)” (2006-2013) mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating, 150 x 126 x 235 inches, 381 x 320 x 596.9 cm © Jeff Koons. Photo, installed in Libbey Court, October – December 2023, Courtesy Toledo Museum of Art @toledomuseum #jeffkoons #toledomuseum

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“Gazing Ball (Farnese Hercules)” is a large sculpture from my Antiquity series. Farnese Hercules was originally made in the 4th century BC. A Roman copy was made in the early 4th century AD and found in 1546 in Rome.  “Gazing Ball (Farnese Hercules)” was realized in plaster made from a mold of the Roman copy. I placed a blue glass gazing ball on Hercules’s shoulder to affirm the viewer and the sculpture. The ball and its reflection for me ends up representing absolutely everything that is and can be, all at once.   “Gazing Ball (Farnese Hercules)” (2013) plaster and glass, 128 1/2 x 67 x 48 5/8 inches, 326.4 x 170.2 x 123.5 cm © Jeff Koons Edition of 3 plus 1 AP. Installation photos by Fredrik Nilsen during “Jeff Koons” at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, April 27 – August 18, 2017   #JeffKoons #GazingBall #contemporaryart #art #artist

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This image comes from a photo that I shot of the actress Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page for The New York Times Magazine. Gretchen is an amazing actress, who starred in Mary Harron’s film The Notorious Bettie Page. I used an inflatable lobster to represent both masculine and feminine qualities of the internal and external world. I made a print edition of the image with a hand drawing of The Origin of the World on top in silver.    “Girl with Lobster” Portfolio by Jeff Koons (2006) © Jeff Koons #jeffkoons #GirlwithLobster #GretchenMol #BettiePage #photograph #printedition #TheNotoriousBettiePage #MaryHarron #TheNewYorkTimes #TheNewYorkTimesMagazine #lobster #art #readymade #artist #surrealism #popart #contemporaryart #popculture #drawing #gesture #Courbet #GustaveCourbet #TheOriginoftheWorld #Duchamp #MarcelDuchamp #Dalí #SalvadorDali #HCWestermann #Westermann #popeye

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“Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa)” (2015) is in harmony referencing Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” (c.1503-06) and all the other artists who have paid homage, including Marcel Duchamp’s “LHOOQ” (1919) and Andy Warhol’s “Mona Lisa” (1963).     Images: 1) “Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa)” (2015) oil on canvas, glass, and aluminum, 68 7/16 x 45 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches, 173.8 x 115.6 x 37.5 cm © Jeff Koons, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging; 2) Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, “Marcel Duchamp, 1919, L.H.O.O.Q., originally published in 391, n. 12, March 1920,” Courtesy Wikipedia/Coldcreation 3) Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, known as the Mona Lisa (c. 1503-06) Photo: © 2011 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado   #jeffkoons #leonardodavinci #davinci #marcelduchamp #francispicabia #andywarhol #gazingballdavincimonalisa #monalisa #gazingball #blue #art #painting #contemporaryart #Louvre #warhol #duchamp #LHOOQ #TheBroad @TheBroad

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What an honor to have been in the ring with Muhammad Ali. Miami, December 2003. Celebrating the GOAT.   Images 1) Muhammad Ali and I in the ring. 2) Radical Champs special edition 3) A drawing by Muhammad Ali that he created for me when signing the GOAT book together for Taschen Books.   #JeffKoons #MuhammadAli #MuhammadAliDrawing #GOAT #2003 #Miami #RadialChamps #boxing #champ #thegreatestofalltime #Taschen #dolphin #tire #stool #pooltoy #inflatable #book #sculpture #drawing #landscape #art #contemporaryart #boxingring @taschen

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The “Art Magazine Ads” announcing the three gallery exhibition of the Banality series in 1988. One of the manifestos of the exhibition.   Advertisement by Koons published in Art in America, November 1988 Advertisement by Koons published in Flash Art, no.143, November/December 1988 Advertisement by Koons published in Artforum, November 1988 Advertisement by Koons published in Arts, November 1988   #jeffkoons #artmagazineads #banality #koons #1988 #GregGorman #sonnabend #galeriemaxhetzler #donaldyoung #artinamerica @artinamerica artforum @artforum #flashart @flashartmagazine #arts #artsmagazine #photograph #portrait #contemporaryart #art #artist #magazine #ad #advertisement #manifesto #newyork #cologne #chicago

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“Hulk (Friends),” to me, seems to be about friendship.   “Hulk (Friends)” (2004-2012) polychromed bronze, 71 1/4 x 48 1/2 x 26 inches, 181 x 123.2 x 66 cm, Edition of 3 plus 1 AP © Jeff Koons, Photo: Marc Domage/Courtesy Almine Rech Gallery #jeffkoons #hulk #friends #friendship #bronze #art #inflatables #sculpture #contemporaryart #mythic #HulkFriends #elvis #guardiangod #animals #animated #ladybug #duck #frog #turtle #fish #polarbear #theincrediblehulk

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