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American artist Jeff Koons repurposes kitsch and pop culture imagery into avant-garde paintings and sculptures. After establishing himself as an artist in the 1980s, Koons founded an art factory which employed 30 artists to work on various aspects of his pieces. The factory was reminiscent of the workshops of Andy Warhol and many Renaissance artists. He also employed an image consult to develop his public persona. His work has attracted some controversy, particularly "Made in Heaven," a series of paintings, sculptures and photographs depicting Koons in a variety of sexually explicit positions with his then wife, Ilona Staller. In November, 2007, his piece "Hanging Heart" set an auction record for a living artist, selling for $23.6 million.
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Fast Facts
- Born January 21, 1955
- Classified as a Neo-Pop or Post-Pop artist
- 1999: Commissioned a song about himself on a Momus album
- His piece "Hanging Heart" holds the auction sale record for a living artist
- Drawing based on his "Tullip Balloons" was featured on Google on April 30, 2008
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Official Site: Jeff Koons
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Wallpaper Magazine: Guest Editor: Jeff Koons
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The New Yorker: Slideshow: Larger Than Life
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Galerie Jerome de Noirmont: Jeff Koons biography
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Amazon.com: Books by and about Jeff Koons
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saw jeff koons today ...now will i see lady gaga at moca....sneaky sneaky...but probably not...
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RT @themoment Competing for attention with Jeff Koons, Lary Gagosian, Hedi Slimane and Margherita Missoni et al is a piano designed by D...
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Competing for attention with Jeff Koons, Lary Gagosian, Hedi Slimane and Margherita Missoni et al is a piano designed by Damien Hirst. HS
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@brettmccracken are you up for writing an article about the Jeff Koons show on The Search?
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Jeff Koons - Monkey Train. I love that series. http://twitpic.com/pkrzf
@davenaz | November 15, 2009 02:55 AM
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Jeff Koons on Amazon | View All
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Jeff Koons: Versailles - $85.00
This volume presents a marriage made in camp heaven--the splendid extravagance of the palace of Versailles as a backdrop for the gregarious, loud and equally extravagant sculptures of contemporary American Pop artist Jeff Koons, who mounted...
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Charlie Rose with Anna Wintour; Edmund Morris; Dorothy Lichtenstein, Bonnie Clearwater & Jeff Koons (January 7, 2002) - $24.95
A dialogue with Anna Wintour, fashion icon and editor of Vogue, on the retirement of designer Yves Saint-Laurent. Also, Edmund Morris talks about his biography of former president Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Rex. Then, a conversation about ...
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Jeff Koons: Celebration - $45.00
Jeff Koons' spectacular October 2008 exhibition at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as Celebration, a project whose fabrication has involved so much labor (bot...
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Jeff Koons - $45.00
In 1975, a young art student named Jeff Koons (b. 1955) moved to Chicago, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute; worked as a studio assistant to his hero, painter Ed Paschke, for $...
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Jeff Koons - $70.00
An in-depth study of Koons's entire oeuvre to date. Unlimited popular edition.From kinky to kitsch to conceptual, Jeff Koons s art is anything but conformist. Since he stirred up the art world establishment in the 1980s with his...
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saw jeff koons today ...now will i see lady gaga at moca....sneaky sneaky...but probably not...
@tryharderart | November 15, 2009 05:02 AM -
RT @themoment Competing for attention with Jeff Koons, Lary Gagosian, Hedi Slimane and Margherita Missoni et al is a piano designed by D...
@soooouuuuurrrrr | November 15, 2009 04:18 AM -
Competing for attention with Jeff Koons, Lary Gagosian, Hedi Slimane and Margherita Missoni et al is a piano designed by Damien Hirst. HS
@themoment | November 15, 2009 04:09 AM -
@brettmccracken are you up for writing an article about the Jeff Koons show on The Search?
@ericmac1 | November 15, 2009 03:10 AM -
Jeff Koons - Monkey Train. I love that series. http://twitpic.com/pkrzf
@davenaz | November 15, 2009 02:55 AM
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Jeff Koons on Amazon | View All
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Charlie Rose with Anna Wintour; Edmund Morris; Dorothy Lichtenstein, Bonnie Clearwater & Jeff Koons (January 7, 2002) - $24.95
A dialogue with Anna Wintour, fashion icon and editor of Vogue, on the retirement of designer Yves Saint-Laurent. Also, Edmund Morris talks about his biography of former president Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Rex. Then, a conversation about ...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons: Celebration - $45.00
Jeff Koons' spectacular October 2008 exhibition at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as Celebration, a project whose fabrication has involved so much labor (bot...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons - $45.00
In 1975, a young art student named Jeff Koons (b. 1955) moved to Chicago, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute; worked as a studio assistant to his hero, painter Ed Paschke, for $...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons: Versailles - $85.00
This volume presents a marriage made in camp heaven--the splendid extravagance of the palace of Versailles as a backdrop for the gregarious, loud and equally extravagant sculptures of contemporary American Pop artist Jeff Koons, who mounted...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons - $70.00
An in-depth study of Koons's entire oeuvre to date. Unlimited popular edition.From kinky to kitsch to conceptual, Jeff Koons s art is anything but conformist. Since he stirred up the art world establishment in the 1980s with his...
Amazon
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Jeff Koons on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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saw jeff koons today ...now will i see lady gaga at moca....sneaky sneaky...but probably not...
@tryharderart | November 15, 2009 05:02 AM -
RT @themoment Competing for attention with Jeff Koons, Lary Gagosian, Hedi Slimane and Margherita Missoni et al is a piano designed by D...
@soooouuuuurrrrr | November 15, 2009 04:18 AM -
Competing for attention with Jeff Koons, Lary Gagosian, Hedi Slimane and Margherita Missoni et al is a piano designed by Damien Hirst. HS
@themoment | November 15, 2009 04:09 AM -
@brettmccracken are you up for writing an article about the Jeff Koons show on The Search?
@ericmac1 | November 15, 2009 03:10 AM -
Jeff Koons - Monkey Train. I love that series. http://twitpic.com/pkrzf
@davenaz | November 15, 2009 02:55 AM
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Jeff Koons on Amazon | View All
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Charlie Rose with Anna Wintour; Edmund Morris; Dorothy Lichtenstein, Bonnie Clearwater & Jeff Koons (January 7, 2002) - $24.95
A dialogue with Anna Wintour, fashion icon and editor of Vogue, on the retirement of designer Yves Saint-Laurent. Also, Edmund Morris talks about his biography of former president Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Rex. Then, a conversation about ...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons: Celebration - $45.00
Jeff Koons' spectacular October 2008 exhibition at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie presented the infamous series of sculptures and paintings known collectively as Celebration, a project whose fabrication has involved so much labor (bot...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons - $45.00
In 1975, a young art student named Jeff Koons (b. 1955) moved to Chicago, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute; worked as a studio assistant to his hero, painter Ed Paschke, for $...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons: Versailles - $85.00
This volume presents a marriage made in camp heaven--the splendid extravagance of the palace of Versailles as a backdrop for the gregarious, loud and equally extravagant sculptures of contemporary American Pop artist Jeff Koons, who mounted...
Amazon -
Jeff Koons - $70.00
An in-depth study of Koons's entire oeuvre to date. Unlimited popular edition.From kinky to kitsch to conceptual, Jeff Koons s art is anything but conformist. Since he stirred up the art world establishment in the 1980s with his...
Amazon
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Jeff Koons Images and Media
- ArtNet.com: Jeff Koons artwork for sale
- Jeff Koons - A Collection of Images
- World Trade Center: Video: Jeff Koons discusses "Balloon Flower"
- Gagosian Gallery: Jeff Koons - Exhibitions
- Public Art Fund: Jeff Koons: "Puppy" (2000)
- Google Images: Jeff Koons
- Flickr: Jeff Koons clusters
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Jeff Koons Blogs and Commentaries
- Gawker: Would You Buy A Fake Diamond For $11.8 Mil? (November 14, 2007)
- Portfolio.com: The Painted Sky Isn't Falling (November 14, 2007)
- MediaBistro.com: Jeff Koons' Gigantic Shiny Rabbit to Join Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (November 13, 2007)
- 3 Quarks Daily: Defending Jeff Koons, or, Why Don't You Like My Puppy? (2005)
- Supervert.com: Jeff Koons: Frankenstein in Paradise
- Google Blog Search: Jeff Koons
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