Jeff Koons worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Jeff Koons as American sculptor and painter (born 1955).
Jeff Koons was born at York in 1955. His recorded nationality is United States. He trained at Maryland Institute College of Art and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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He worked as sculptor, painter and photographer.
His recorded movement is pop art and postmodernism.
Among his best-known works are Balloon Dog (Blue), Balloon Dog (Magenta) and Kiepenkerl. An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
That the work was made in United States shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Notable work: Balloon Dog (Blue)
- Notable work: Balloon Dog (Magenta)
- Notable work: Kiepenkerl
- Notable work: Puppy
- Movement: pop art and Postmodernism
