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Best known for his reflective balloon sculptures, Jeff Koons takes inspiration from everyday objects, consumer society and the art world itself and uses his artworks as a way to comment and critique consumer society and, in particular, our concepts of desirability, taste and value. Discover our selection of Jeff Koons sculptures, prints and paintings for sale at Guy Hepner, Koons dealers since 2007.
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Gazing Ball (Turner Ancient Rome), 2021Archival pigment print on Innova rag paper, glass35 x 44 1/8 in
88.7 x 112.2 cmEdition of 20Series: Gazing BallsCopyright The ArtistJeff Koons' Gazing Ball series of prints represents a fascinating exploration of art, perception, and cultural commentary. Introduced in 2013, this series builds upon Koons' longstanding interest in themes of...Jeff Koons' Gazing Ball series of prints represents a fascinating exploration of art, perception, and cultural commentary. Introduced in 2013, this series builds upon Koons' longstanding interest in themes of consumerism, popular culture, and the nature of representation.
At the heart of the Gazing Ball series is the juxtaposition of high art and everyday objects. Each print features a reproduction of a famous masterpiece from art history, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa or Édouard Manet's Olympia, paired with a reflective blue gazing ball placed in front of the artwork. The gazing ball, a common garden ornament, serves as a symbol of ordinary domesticity and invites viewers to reconsider their relationship to the art historical canon.
By incorporating the gazing ball into his compositions, Koons introduces a sense of ambiguity and reflexivity. The reflective surface of the gazing ball distorts and refracts the image of the masterpiece behind it, blurring the boundaries between the original artwork and its reproduction. This distortion prompts viewers to question the authenticity and aura of the original masterpiece, as well as their own role as spectators.
Furthermore, the gazing ball acts as a metaphor for the act of looking itself. As viewers gaze into the reflective surface, they become aware of their own presence and subjectivity, highlighting the performative nature of perception. Koons' use of the gazing ball encourages viewers to engage actively with the artwork, inviting them to reflect not only on the images themselves but also on the act of looking and the construction of meaning.
The Gazing Ball series also carries political and social undertones, particularly in its critique of consumer culture and the art market. By juxtaposing iconic works of art with mass-produced objects, Koons draws attention to the commodification of culture and the role of art as a status symbol. Additionally, the inclusion of the gazing ball as a symbol of suburban domesticity challenges traditional notions of taste and class, prompting viewers to reconsider hierarchies of cultural value.
Overall, Jeff Koons' Gazing Ball series of prints represents a thought-provoking exploration of art, representation, and spectatorship. Through his playful yet poignant juxtapositions, Koons invites viewers to interrogate the boundaries between high and low culture, originality and reproduction, and authenticity and artifice. In doing so, he challenges us to reconsider our preconceptions about art and invites us to engage more deeply with the world around us.55of 55Overview
"Art is about something that you can carry around inside yourself; it’s not about the objects"
Jeff Koons famous animal balloons sculptures and prints have become an integral part of the 21st century artworld landscape - almost as if by force. Bold, scintillating colors and equally scintillating cultural and commercial commentary can be found across Jeff Koons artworks and his legacy on the artworld and his impact cannot be understated. Since starting his career in the late 1970s, Koons has significantly pushed the boundaries between fine art and mass culture by incorporating everyday objects and popular imagery into his work, often using highly polished, commercially-appealing aesthetics to critique consumerism and celebrity culture. Associated with pop art, conceptual art and minimalism, Jeff Koons is best known for his balloon animal sculptures which he first experimented with and were part of his Celebration series in 1993. The series includes sculptures of dogs, rabbits, swans, and monkeys - motifs for which he is known for over three decades later. The smooth, mirror-finished surfaces of his iconic stainless steel sculptures reflect and affirm viewers and their environments and can be found across the world in private collections and as public installations.
Across Jeff Koons’ prints the artist explores plays with and subverts expectations and common notions that are conditioned into our modern society. In both the Gazing Ball and his Antiquity series, arguably his best known portfolios, the artist affirms his central concept of art and viewer interaction. Gazing Ball, originally in sculptural form, sees the artist add blue circles to his reinterpretations of his favorite two-dimensional masterpieces including works by Da Vinci and Manet. In Antiquity, Koons plays with our and teases our pre-existing beliefs around art history and seeks to self-affirm in the tradition of ancient antiquity, In the works, we see images of Greco-Roman sculptures which the artist reinterprets - a theme that has existed since the beginning of his career - and repurposes the imagery famous across art history including fertility, eros, and female beauty. These timeless concepts are told through Koons’ typical style. One that both respects and defies tradition forcing us to enter into his surreal, familiar yet different world as we question authenticity and even the very idea of originality.
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