Jeff Koons, o Escultor

Jeff Koons (American, born 1955), Balloon Dog (Yellow), 1994-2000, High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, 121 x 143 x 45, The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Collection, © Jeff Koons.


Schirn Kunsthalle
Frankfurt
20 junho - 23 setembro, 2012

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Antiquity 2 (Dots), 2012, Antiquity, Oil on canvas, 277 x 371 x 25 cm, © Jeff Koons.

Schirn Kunsthalle e o Skulpturensammlung Liebieghaus em Frankfurt estão se dedicando este Verão ao trabalho do artista americano Jeff Koons (nascido em 1955), que tem desempenhado um papel pioneiro no mundo da arte contemporânea desde os anos 1980.

Schirn Kunsthalle and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfurt are devoting this summer to the work of American artist Jeff Koons (born 1955), who has played a pioneering role in the contemporary art world since the 1980s. 

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Ushering in Banality, 1988, Banality, Polychromed wood, 96.5 x 157.5 x 76.2 cm, © Jeff Koons.

As duas exposições simultâneas irão deliberadamente separar os aspectos pictóricos e esculturais de sua obra e apresentar cada uma em um contexto próprio.

The two concurrent exhibitions will deliberately separate the painterly and sculptural aspects of his oeuvre and present each in a context of its own.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 1988, Banality, Porcelain, 106.7 x 179.1 x 82.6 cm, © Jeff Koons.


Composta por cerca de 40 pinturas, Jeff Koons. O pintor na Schirn se concentra principalmente no desenvolvimento estrutural do artista como pintor. Com motivos extraídos de uma gama diversificada de fontes do pop-cultural, os seus trabalhos monumentais pintados combinam hiper-realismo e elementos gestuais para formar complexos como imagens compactas como elas são vistas em relação aos conteúdos. Jeff Koons.
Comprising some 40 paintings, Jeff Koons. The Painter at the Schirn focuses primarily on the artist’s structural development as a painter. With motifs drawn from a diverse range of high and pop-cultural sources, his monumental painted works combine hyper-realistic and gestural elements to form complexes as compact in imagery as they are with regard to content. Jeff Koons.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Kiepenkerl, 1987, Kiepenkerl, Stainless steel, 180.3 x 66 x 94 cm, Courtesy Murderme, © Jeff Koons.

O Escultor no Liebieghaus, apresentará cerca de 50 esculturas mundialmente famosas e inteiramente novas, que entrarão em diálogo com o edifício histórico e uma colecção de escultura abrangendo cinco milênios. Fazendo a sua estreia em Frankfurt a nova série Antiguidadede Jeff Koons na qual ele explora a arte antiga e seu tema central - Eros.

The Sculptor at the Liebieghaus, will present some 50 world-famous and entirely new sculptures which will enter into dialogue with the historical building and a sculpture collection spanning five millennia. Making its debut in Frankfurt is Jeff Koons’s new series Antiquity in which he explores antique art and its central motif — Eros.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Large Vase of Flowers, 1991, Made in Heaven, Polychromed wood, 132.1 x 109.2 x 109.2 cm, © Jeff Koons.

Jeff Koons nasceu em York, Pensilvânia em 1955. Ele estudou no Maryland Institute College of Art, em Baltimore e na Escola do Art Institute of Chicago,  e é hoje um dos mais destacados artistas contemporâneos.

Jeff Koons was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1955. He studied at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is today one of the world’s most prominent contemporary artists.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Hulk Elvis II, 2007, Hulk Elvis, Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 213.4 cm, Image: Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, © Jeff Koons.

Suas obras podem ser encontradas no Museu de Arte Moderna de Nova York, o Museu Whitney de Arte Americana, em Nova York, a Tate, em Londres, o Museu Stedelijk de Amsterdão, o Museu Ludwig, em Colônia, o Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Tóquio , e em outros lugares.

His works are to be found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Tate in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and elsewhere. 

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Antiquity 1, 2010, Antiquity, Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 213.4 cm, © Jeff Koons.

Eles teriam aliás sido apresentado internacionalmente em inúmeras exposições individuais. Ele foi premiado com várias medalhas por sua arte, e suas esculturas em espaço públicos, como a monumental escultura flor Cachorro (1992), alcançaram a popularidade de longo alcance.

They have moreover been featured internationally in numerous solo exhibitions. He has been awarded many distinctions for his art, and his sculptures in the public realm, such as the monumental flower sculpture Puppy (1992), have attained far-reaching popularity.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Monkey Train, 2007, Hulk Elvis, Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 213.4 cm, Image: Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, Private collection, © Jeff Koons.

Em suas pinturas e esculturas, Jeff Koons emprega elementos do mundo do consumo e "alta cultura" da mesma forma, cita épocas artísticas tão facilmente como ele faz objetos da vida cotidiana e publicidade, e, portanto, chama a nossa atenção novamente e novamente para categorias como beleza e conveniência.

In his paintings and sculptures, Jeff Koons employs elements from the consumer world and “high culture” alike, quotes artistic epochs as readily as he does objects from everyday life and advertising, and thus draws our attention again and again to such categories as beauty and desirability. 

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Pink Panther, 1988, Banality, Porcelain, 104.1 x 52.1 x 48.3 cm, © Jeff Koons.

Dentro deste contexto, ele se tornou um mestre inigualável da interação entre o sublime e o banal. Apesar de suas obras citarem motivos familiares do contexto do consumidor,  não é por causa do kitsch e da ironia.

Within this context, he has become an unequalled master of the interplay between the sublime and the banal. Although his works quote familiar motifs from the consumer context, it is not for the sake of kitsch and irony.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Bourgeois Bust – Jeff and Ilona, 1991, Made in Heaven, Marble, 113 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm.

 Nesta entrevista, ele comentou: "Eu trabalho com coisas que às vezes são tratadas como kitsch, mesmo o kitsch, por si só nunca me interessou.

 In an interview he commented: “I work with things that are sometimes referred to as kitsch, even if kitsch per se has never interested me. 

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Bourgeois Bust – Jeff and Ilona, 1991, Made in Heaven, Marble, 113 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm.

Eu sempre tento transmitir auto-confiança, um certo sentido interior de segurança, para o observador. Minha principal preocupação no meu trabalho é o observador. "Koons está interessado" não na complexidade, mas na simplicidade do ser "e sua aceitação.

I always try to convey self-confidence, a certain inner sense of security, to the viewer. My chief concern in my work is the viewer.” Koons is interested “not in the complexity, but in the simplicity of being” and its acceptance.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Loopy, 1999, Easyfun, Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 200.7 cm, Courtesy Bill Bell Collection, © Jeff Koons.

Este aspecto encontra expressão na sua obra em temas elementares como a infância ou a sexualidade.

This aspect finds expression in his oeuvre in elementary themes such as childhood or sexuality. 

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Rabbit, 1986 (Statuary), Stainless steel, 104.1 x 48.3 x 30.5 cm, © Jeff Koons.

Ao contrário da longa tradição de subjetividade na arte, no entanto, Koons constantemente enfatiza a objetividade artística, trabalhando na tradição do "ready-made".

Contrary to the long tradition of subjectivity in art, however, Koons constantly emphasizes artistic objectivity, working in the tradition of the “ready-made”.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Woman in Tub (Jeff Koons, 1988) in front of the Altar of the Assumption of the Virgin (Andrea della Robbia, ca. 1500) at the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung (simulation), © Jeff Koons, Photo: Markus Tretter.

Ambas as suas esculturas e suas pinturas têm um efeito particularmente sugestiva e impressionante sobre o espectador através de seu requintado artesanato e com o acabamento das suas superfícies.

Both his sculptures and his paintings have a particularly evocative and striking effect on the viewer through their exquisite craftsmanship and the lure of their surfaces.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Bluepoles, 2000, Easyfun-Ethereal, Oil on canvas, 299.7 x 431.8 cm, Image: Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, © Jeff Koons.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Poodle, 1991, Made in Heaven, Polychromed wood, 58.4 x 100.3 x 52.1 cm, © Jeff Koons.

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Popeye Train (Crab), 2008, Popeye, Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 213.4 cm, Photo: Rob McKeever, © Jeff Koons.

Schirn Kunsthalle
Römerberg 6
+ 49 69 299882-0
Frankfurt
Jeff Koons, the Painter
June 20-September 23, 2012

Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung
Schaumainkai 71
+49 69 650049
Frankfurt
Jeff Koons, the Sculptor
June 20-September 23, 2012