JEFF KOONS - Werke und Geschichte

Lebenslauf

Jeff Koons bedient sich für seine Arbeit bekannter Objekte der Konsumkultur. So ließ er sich beispielsweise von den häufig von Clowns auf Kinderfesten gefertigten Luftballontieren inspirieren, um in Anlehnung an diese riesige Skulpturen aus poliertem Edelstahl anzufertigen. Seine Werke, nah an der Grenze zum Kitsch, werden kontrovers diskutiert. Ungeachtet dessen gehört er zu den höchst gehandelten Künstlern des Marktes. Einer seiner Ausstellungshöhepunkte war 2008 die Präsentation seiner Skulpturen im Schloss von Versailles.

1955
geboren in York, PA

1972–1975
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1975–1976
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1976
FA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2002
Skowhegan Preis für Skulptur

2007
Offizier der französischen Ehrenlegion, Paris, Frankreich

2008
Ehrendoktorwürde, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Charles Wollaston Preis, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

2009
John Singleton Copley Preis, American Associates of the Royal Academy

2012
State Department’s Medal of Arts, Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Lebt und arbeitet in New York

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)

2015
Artist Rooms, Jeff Koons, Norwich Castle Museums & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK (solo)

2014
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;
Sculpture after Sculpture, Moderna Museet, Stockholm , Sweden
Pop Departures, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA

2013
Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA (solo)


2012
Jeff Koons, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)

2011
Coloring Book by Jeff Koons, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (solo)
Moustache by Jeff Koons, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (solo)
ARTIST ROOMS Jeff Koons, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland(solo)
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, Victoria and Albert Museum,London, England

2010
Jeff Koons, Popeye Sculptures, Galerie de Noirmont, Paris, Frankreich (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Cracked Egg (Blue) , Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, England (solo) 


2009
Jeff Koons, New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Popeye Series, Serpentine Gallery, London, England (solo)
Pop Life, Tate Modern, London, England
Artist Rooms, Tate Modern, London, England

2008
Jeff Koons, Celebration, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Deutschland (solo)
Jeff Koons, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (solo) 


2007
Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, London, England (solo)

Jeff Koons: Popeye, Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street, London, England (solo)

2006
Jeff Koons, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (solo) 
Sculpture, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA (solo) 
Diamond, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (solo) 


2005
Homestyle, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, USA
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, Oslo, Norway; traveled to Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo)


2004
Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years, C & M Arts, New York, USA (solo) 


2003
Popeye, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Neapel, Italien (solo)

2002
Jeff Koons, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo) 
Jeff Koons/Andy Warhol: Flowers, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, USA


2001
Jeff Koons, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Österreich (solo) 
Jeff Koons, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA (solo) 


2000
Easyfun-Ethereal, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Deutschland (solo)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
MoMA 2000, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA


1999
Easyfun, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)

A Celebration of Art: 25th Anniversary of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC


1998
Six Americans, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, USA
Jeff Koons, Encased Works, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, England (solo) 


1997
Puppy, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spanien (solo)
Jeff Koons, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, Frankreich (solo) 


1996
Playpen & Corpus Delirium, Kunsthalle Zürich, Schweiz
Geffen Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA


1995
Puppy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australien (solo)
Inaugural opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA

1994
Jeff Koons: A Survey 1981-1994, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, England (solo) 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA;

1993
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (solo)
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Deutschland (solo)
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Aarhus, Denmark (solo)
Guggenheim Collection at the 45th Venice Biennial, Italien

1992
Made In Heaven, Christophe Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Jeff Koons, Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Niederlande (solo)
Jeff Koons: Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
USA (solo)

1991
Made In Heaven, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Made In Heaven, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Deutschland (solo) 


1990
Culture and Commentary, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

1989 
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA


1988
Banality, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, Deutschland (solo)
Sculpture Parallels, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA


1987
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA NY Art Now, Saatchi Collection, London, England


1986
Luxury and Degradation, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
Group Show, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA

1985
Feature Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)


1984
The New Capital, White Columns, New York, USA

1981
Lighting, PS 1, Long Island City, USA


1980
The New (window installation), New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA (solo)