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Gagosian gallery, new york, new york may 9 june 29, 20. Gagosian gallery, hong kong november 6 december 20, 2014 edition 2 empire state. Throughout his career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between advanced art and mass culture, challenged the limits of industrial fabrication, and transformed the relationship of artists to the cult of celebrity and the global. Bruce banner, who is exposed to experimental gamma rays, which turns him into a raging green monster whenever he experiences great emotions.
Profile, head to head with stella mccartney, artwork. Fondation beyeler, basel, switzerland may, 2012 october 2, 2012 monument to now. Jeff koons emerged in the 1980s as an innovative sculptor of exquisitely crafted objects, which quickly became icons of art history, the primary example of which is rabbit, 1986. Hulk elvis iii is a picture of controlled power ready to be unleashed at a moments notice. Almine rech gallery, brussels, belgium october 6 november 17, 2012 edition 1 jeff koons. Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california december 7, 2012 february 14, 20 version 2. One cannot expect the introductory text of an expensive coffee table book to be terribly critical of the artist in question, but this essay treats koons. Gagosian gallery, new york, new york may july 20 edition 1 jeff koons. Hulk elvis is a work series by jeff koons created between 2004 and 2014. From childrens art to figures from classical antiquity and comic book. Aug 17, 2014 andy warhol and jeff koons and the culture of hyperbole. Jeff koons, triple hulk elvis ii, 2007, oil on canvas, the broad art foundation.
He is the epitome of neopop, a 1980s movement that looked to earlier pop artists, particularly warhol, for inspiration. Jeff koons gagosian hong kong is pleased to present hulk elvis, jeff koonss first major solo exhibition in asia. This handsome book takes a fresh look at the rise and career of jeff koons, who is now arguably one of the worlds most famous artists. Gagosian gallery, hong kong november 6 december 20, 2014 jeff koons. Hulk elvis represents for me both western and eastern culture, a sense of a gu. Gagosian gallery, hong kong, november 6 december 20, 2014 edition 1 jeff koons. Kunsthaus bielefeld, bielefeld, germany september 22 november 10, 2002 jeff koons. The present work belongs to a koons s hulk elvis seriesa body of paintings and sculptures begun in 2004, some of which depict the incredible hulk, a character first introduced in a 1962 comic book. Koons has acknowledged that his works latently possess an.
The works range from precisionmachined bronze sculpturesinspired by an inflatable of the popular comic book hero and extruded in three dimensionsto largescale oil paintings. Fondation beyeler, basel, switzerland may, 2012 october 2, 2012 jeff koons kunsthaus bregenz, bregenz, austria july 18 september 16, 2001. The present work belongs to a koonss hulk elvis seriesa body of paintings and sculptures begun in 2004, some of which depict the incredible hulk, a character first introduced in a 1962 comic book. Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california december 7, 2012 february 14, 20 version 2 summer exhibition 2011. Internationally renowned artist jeff koons joins sacramento kings to unveil sculpture commissioned for arenas public plaza. Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thoughtprovoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the goto place to learn firsthand from the artists of our time. Royal academy, london, england june 7 august 15, 2011 version 2 jeff koons on the roof.
From the broad, jeff koons, triple hulk elvis ii 2007, oil on canvas, 108. Metropolitan museum of art, new york, new york april 22 october 26, 2008 version 1. Hulk elvis, work by jeff koons, on view at the guggenheim museum bilbao from june 9 to september 27, 2015 this exhibition was organized by the whitney museum of american art, new york, in collaboration with the centre pompidou, paris, and the guggenheim museum bilbao. Jeff koons derives inspiration from things you might find at a yard sale. With sources as diverse as childrens art, comic book characters, and. Gagosian gallery booth, basel, switzerland june 1822, 20 edition 1 jeff koons, new paintings and sculpture. Philip tinari is director of the ullens center for contemporary art in beijing and the founding editor of leap, launched in 2010 as the international art magazine of contemporary china. In this new series, which koons began in 2004, the incredible hulk pose recalls that of elvis presley from the publicity still for the western film flaming star. Hulk elvis represents for me both western and eastern culture, a sense of a guardian, a protector, that at the same time is capable of bringing the house down. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. With sources as diverse as childrens art, comic book characters, and figures from classical antiquity, koons draws a common thread through cultural history with works that attempt to touch the core of the human psyche.
Marcel duchamp, damien hirst, jeff koons, gerhard merz. Gagosian gallery, hong kong november 6 december 20, 2014 literature. Gagosian hong kong is pleased to present hulk elvis, jeff koonss. Kunsthaus bregenz, bregenz, austria july 18 september 16, 2001 jeff koons. A charged mix of inflatable monkeys, geishas, birds, the incredible hulk, and the liberty bell jostle against realistically rendered landscapes, gestural paintings, steam engines and horsedrawn carriages, negative silhouettes, and underlying dot screens. Jeff koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, popular, and controversial artists of the postwar era. The works of koons s series hulk elvis burst with energy and precision yet mystify with their complex permutations and combinations of figurative and abstract elements. Andy warhol and jeff koons and the culture of hyperbole. The definitive survey of jeff koonss hulk elvis paintings, including an. He is a contributing editor to artforum and has written and lectured widely on contemporary art in china.
Jeff koons by koons, jeff and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. From the outset of his controversial career, jeff koons turned the traditional notion of the work of art and its context inside out. Guggenheim museum bilbao, bilbao, spain june 9 september 27, 2015 jeff koons. Gagosian gallery, beverly hills, california november 14, 2009. The definitive survey of jeff koonss hulk elvis paintings, including an extensive interview with the.
In her foreword, pritzker director of chicagos museum of contemporary art, madeleine grynsztejn, describes artist jeff koons s work as a panorama of our cultures desires, fantasies, absurdities, b. Gagosian gallery, britannia street, london, england june 4 july 27, 2007 reobject. A nonprofit organization, art21s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Gagosian gallery, new york, new york august 23, 2010 january 19, 2011 edition 1 landscape revisited. Jeff koons gagosian hong kong is pleased to present hulk elvis, jeff koons s first major solo exhibition in asia. Koons collaborated extensively on this book, which accompanies the first solo museum exhibition in the u.
The definitive survey of jeff koons s hulk elvis paintings, including an extensive interview with the artist in his studio. Gagosian gallery, rizzoli, 2009 text by scott rothkopf. Learn about the broad collection artist jeff koons. The definitive survey of jeff koonss hulk elvis paintings, including an extensive interview with the artist in his studio. Hulk elvis by scott rothkopf the definitive survey of jeff koons s hulk elvis paintings, including an extensive interview with the artist in his studio. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The centre pompidou, paris, france november 26, 2014 april 27, 2015. The comic book hero hulk is the alter ego of a meek dr. Whitney museum of american art, new york, new york june 27 october 19, 2014 jeff koons. Luomo vogue january 2010 text by arturo zampaglion, cover, pp. Jeff koons november 6december 20, 2014 gagosian gallery hong kong jeff koons video by nick foxall if you would like to use this. A charged mix of inflatable monkeys, geishas, birds, the incredible hulk, and the liberty bell jostle against realistically rendered landscapes, gestural paintings, steam engines and horsedrawn. Gagosian hong kong is pleased to present hulk elvis, jeff koons s first major solo exhibition in asia.
The centre pompidou, paris, france november 26, 2014 april 27, 2015 jeff koons. From childrens art to figures from classical antiquity and comic book characters, the artistic. Art21 produces the peabody awardwinning pbsbroadcast series. Just like he mentioned in an recent interview, jeff koons is always surrounded by things the artist uses as a source of inspiration. Works from the ongoing series hulk elvis range from precisionmachined bronze sculpturesinspired by an inflatable of the popular comicbook. It is simply that sometime after the early stainless steel pieces, organized at the whitney under the title statuary, i found that it became uninteresting and over the long years had stopped thinking about it. From heritage auctions, jeff koons, hulk elvis 2004, hardcover book surveying the artists hulk elvis paintings, including an interview with the artist. Galerie thaddaeus ropac, paris, france november 17, 20 february 15, 2014 edition 3 jeff koons.
Gagosian hong kong is pleased to present hulk elvis, jeff koonss first major solo exhibition in asia. Gagosian gallery, hong kong november 6 december 20, 2014 gagosian gallery, new york, new york june 6 august 21, 2014 edition 1 art basel. Almine rech gallery, brussels, belgium october 6 november 17, 2012 edition 2 jeff koons. Published in 2015 on the occasion of the exhibition jeff koons. It is not a matter of his being a symptom of a culture gone bad, or that the work is selfindulgent. Park avenue armory, historic rooms, new york, new york october 29 november 14, 2009. Hulk elvis by philip tinari, 9780847847020, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Koons describes the hulk elvis figures as being also inspired by the guardian gods of eastern philosophy, and as such they are meant to convey.
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