PRACTICE

Jeff Koons
Intentions Manipulations Contexts
Ideas, Inspirations, Issues, Aims, Agendas Processes, Properties, Procedures, Techniques, Qualities, Choices Histories, Institutions, Exhibition, Theories, Habitus

- Pop Culture. - Changes the sides, puts on other people’s ideas and - Went to art School in Chicago.
- He intended to work in the art market, he implements them on his art. - Went to New York & became the most successful
didn’t think about mainly the art, more about - Child like images, balloons, cartoon characters. business man in the Art gallery. Making the idea of
- “Rabbit, 1996”, “Puppy”, “Balloons”, “Lobster, tiers. With this, he became a commodities broker
the prices, and more.
2003” “Woman In tub, 1988”, “Violet Ice Kama at the stock exchange.
- Everything he does is intended to get money.
Sutra, 1991” “Pam, 2001” - Single Child, Saturday morning art classes at 7.
- Uses other artists ideas and puts them all in - Early 80’s he used paint buckets and other things to - His father was an interior designer which was
one. create sculptures. To make newness. unique at that time.
- He has ideas from Duchamp, Andy Warhol, - A creation “Puppy” was huge, with over 20,000 - He grew up around commercial and marketing life.
etc. flowers. It depends on the weather, location, etc.
- The objects mean nothing, but it is what the Its size takes art beyond the realm of the gallery.
viewers thing and get out of it. He doesn’t
give the object a credit but the viewer gets
meanings.
- Some of his art relates back with his
relationship with his partner who was a

pornography
- Artworks as a mean of communication
- Transforms banal objects into sumptuous
icons

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- First created in Germany 1992.
- The work is involved with the Environment.
Art Work 1: It changed in different environments as
each environment is different. The
“Puppy” temperature, sunlight, shade, weather etc.
- The sculpture is tightly contained and
- It is a terrier because he believed carefully constructed.
that it would be disarming and -
non-threatening regardless of
the scale.
- Created as a symbol of love and
happiness.