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terça-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2014

Retrospectiva Emil Nolde

O Städel Museum de Frankfurt apresenta (1867-1956) a obra de Emil Nolde em uma exposição abrangente. 115 obras da Fundação Nolde Seebuell: 54 pinturas, 43 aquarelas e 18 "imagens"

The Städel Museum presents Emil Nolde’s (1867–1956) work in a comprehensive exhibition. 115 works of the Nolde Foundation Seebuell: 54 paintings, 43 watercolors and 18 "images"



Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
Large Red Poppy, 1942
Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

de 5 de Março - a 15 de jun 2014


Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
Mrs.T with a Red Nacklace, 1930
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Embora incluído em numerosas mostras temáticas, o trabalho de Nolde não foi mostrado numa retrospectiva geral na Alemanha há 25 anos. 

Though included in numerous thematic shows, Nolde’s work has not been shown in a general retrospective in Germany for twenty-five years.


Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
Candle Dancers, 1912
Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Graças à recentes pesquisas, a visão do artista foi decisivamente modificada nesse meio tempo. 
Apoiado por muitos emprestadores e pela Fundação Nolde Seebüll, a apresentação no Städel oferece um estudo da obra multiforme do artista e uma oportunidade para avaliar questões de atualidade sobre a recepção da obra de Nolde e auto-representação do artista. 

Thanks to recent research, the view of the artist has decisively changed in the meantime. 
Supported by many lenders and the Seebüll Nolde Foundation, the presentation at the Städel offers a survey of the artist’s manifold oeuvre and an opportunity to appraise topical issues concerning the reception of Nolde’s work and the artist’s self-representation.



Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
Wooing, 1916
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Abrangendo pinturas, aquarelas e obras impressas, a exposição vagamente cronológica também vai destacar os primeiros trabalhos de Nolde e suas realizações finais que receberam pouca atenção até o presente. 

Encompassing paintings, watercolors, and printed works, the loosely chronological arrangement will also highlight Nolde’s early work and his late achievements that have received only little attention lately.



Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
Lake Lucerne, 1930
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll 

Numerosas pinturas e trabalhos gráficos até então desconhecidas de Nolde estão entre cerca de 140 obras expostas que vão oferecer novos e surpreendentes insights sobre a produção deste importante expressionista. 

Curador: Dr. Felix Krämer (Städel Museum)


Numerous hitherto unknown paintings and graphic works by Nolde among the approximately 140 works shown will offer new and astonishing insights into this important expressionist’s production.

Curator: Dr. Felix Krämer (Städel Museum)
 

sábado, 22 de setembro de 2012

Romantismo Dark. De Goya a Max Ernst

Paul Hippolyte Delaroche (1797-1856), Louise Vernet, the artist's wife, on her Deathbed, 1845/46, Oil on canvas, 62 x 74,5 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nants, © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes.

Museu Städel - Frankfurt am Main
26 de setembro de 2012, janeiro 20, 2013



Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (1797-1855), Procession in the Fog, 1828, Oil on canvas, 81,5 x 105,5 cm, Galerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

A grande exposição especial do Museu Romantismo Dark. De Goya a Max Ernst é a primeira na Alemanha a focar o aspecto sombrio do Romantismo e seu legado.

Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Flying Folly (Disparate Volante), from The proverbs (Los proverbios), plate 5, 1816-1819, 1. Edition, 1864, Etching and aquatint, 21,7 x 32,6 cm, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

The Städel Museum's major special exhibition Dark Romanticism. From Goya to Max Ernst is the first German exhibition to focus on the dark aspect of Romanticism and its legacy. 

Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), Villa by the Sea, 1871-1874, Oil on canvas, 108 x 154 cm, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.


Especialmente evidente no Simbolismo e no Surrealismo. Esta  importante exposição, composta por mais de 200 pinturas, esculturas, trabalhos gráficos, fotografias e filmes, apresenta o fascínio que muitos artistas sentiram pelo sombrio, o secreto, e pelo mal.


Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Kügelgen's Tomb, 1821/22, Oil on canvas, 41,5 × 55,5 cm, Die Lübecker Museen, Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus, on loan from private collection.

Mainly evident in Symbolism and Surrealism. In the museum's exhibition house this important exhibition, comprising over 200 paintings, sculptures, graphic works, photographs, and films, presents the fascination that many artists felt for the gloomy, the secretive, and the evil. 


James Whale (1889-1957), Frankenstein, USA, 1931, Filmstill, © Universal Studios. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Utilisando-se de excelentes trabalhos da coleção do museu sobre este assunto de Francisco de Goya, Eugene Delacroix, Franz von Stuck or Max Ernst como ponto de partida, a exposição também apresenta importantes empréstimos de coleções de renome internacional, como o Musée d'Orsay, Musée du Louvre , de Paris, Museu do Prado, de Madrid, e do Instituto de Arte de Chicago.


James Whale (1889-1957), Frankenstein, USA, 1931, Filmstill, © Universal Studios. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.


Using outstanding works in the museum's collection on the subject by Francisco de Goya, Eugene Delacroix, Franz von Stuck or Max Ernst as a starting point, the exhibition also presents important loans from internationally renowned collections, such as Musée d'Orsay, Musée du Louvre, both in Paris, Museo del Prado in Madrid, and Art Institute of Chicago. 




Edvard Munch (1863-1944), Vampire, 1916-1918, Oil on canvas, 85 × 110 cm. Collection Würth, Photo: Archiv Würth, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.

As obras em exposição de Goya, Johann Heinrich Fuseli, William Blake, Géricault e Delacroix Théodore, bem como Caspar David Friedrich, transmite um espírito romântico que no final do século 18 havia tomado conta de toda a Europa.. Nos século 20, artistas como Salvador Dali, René Magritte ou Paul Klee e Max Ernst continuaram a pensar nesse veio.


Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1888-1931), Faust, Germany, 1926, Filmstill, Silent film, © Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

The works on display by Goya, Johann Heinrich Fuseli, William Blake, Théodore Géricault and Delacroix, as well as Caspar David Friedrich, convey a Romantic spirit which by the end of the 18th century had taken hold all over Europe. In the 20th century artists such as Salvador Dali, René Magritte or Paul Klee and Max Ernst continued to think in this vein. 

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), The Blessing Hand of the Abbess, no date, Pen, brush, brown India ink on vellum, 13,7 × 11,3 cm, Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris et Guernesey, © Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris et Guernesey / Roger-Viollet.

As obras de arte falam de solidão e melancolia, paixão e morte, do fascínio com horror e da irracionalidade dos sonhos. Depois de Frankfurt a exposição, concebida pelo Museu Städel, viaja para Musée d'Orsay, em Paris.

Roger Parry (1905-1977), Untitled, 1929, Illustration from Léon-Paul Fargue's Banalité (Paris 1930), gelatin silver print, 21,8 × 16,5 cm, Collection Dietmar Siegert, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.

The artworks speak of loneliness and melancholy, passion and death, of the fascination with horror and the irrationality of dreams. After Frankfurt the exhibition, conceived by the Städel Museum, travels to Musée d'Orsay in Paris.


Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), The Nightmare, 1790/91, Oil on canvas, 76,5 x 63,6 cm, Frankfurter Goethe-Haus – Freies Deutsches Hochstift, © Frankfurter Goethe-Haus – Freies Deutsches Hochstift.

A exposição é realizada como parte da iniciativa do Frankfurt Kulturfonds Rheinmain no contexto de 'Impuls Romantik. "É apoiada pela cidade de Frankfurt am Main.


Julien Adolphe Duvocelle (1873-1961), Skull with Protruding Eyes, ca. 1904, Pencil and charcoal on paper, 36 x 25 cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.


The exhibition is realized as part of the initiative of the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain in the context of 'Impuls Romantik." It is supported by the City of Frankfurt am Main.


Henry Fuseli, 1741-1825, Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent, 1770, Oil on canvas, 133 × 94,6 cm, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Photo: John Hammond, © Royal Academy of Arts, London.

A tomada da exposição sobre o assunto é geografica e cronologicamente compreensiva, lançando luz sobre  diferentes centros de Romantismo, e, assim retraçando complexos desenvolvimentos iconográficos da época.

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Dream caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before 
Awakening, 1944, Oil on wood, 51 x 41 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.

The exhibition's take on the subject is geographically and chronologiclly comprehensive, thereby shedding light on links between different centres of Romanticism, and thus retracing complex iconographic developments of the time. 


Gabriel von Max (1840-1915), The White Woman, 1900, Oil on canvas, 100 x 72 cm, Private Collection.

Ela é concebida para estimular o interesse aos aspectos sombrios do Romantismo e ampliar a compreensão deste movimento. Muitos dos desenvolvimentos artísticos e posições apresentadas aqui emergem de uma confiança destruida e pensamento esclarecido e progressista, que tomaram conta logo após a Revolução Francesa - inicialmente celebrada como o alvorecer de uma nova era - no final do século 18. Manchada de sangue e terror guerra trouxe sofrimento e causaram a desordem social em grande parte da Europa;
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Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Flight of Witches, 1797/98, Oil on canvas, 43 × 30,5 cm, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

It is conceived to stimulate interest in the sombre aspects of Romanticism and to expand understanding of this movement. Many of the artistic developments and positions presented here emerge from a shattered trust in enlightened and progressive thought, which took hold soon after the French Revolution — initially celebrated as the dawn of a new age — at the end of the 18th Century. Bloodstained terror and war brought suffering and enentually caused the social order in large parts of Europe to break down. 


William Blake (1757-1827), The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, about 1803-1805, Watercolor, graphite and incised lines 43,7 × 34,8 cm, Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Augustus White.

A desilusão foi grande assim como o entusiasmo original quando os aspectos sombrios da iluminação foram revelados em toda a sua dureza. Jovens figuras literárias e artista se voltaram para o lado inverso da Razão.


Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), The Sin, 1893, Oil on canvas, 88 × 53,5 cm, Galerie Katharina Büttiker, Zürich.

The disillusionment was a great as the original enthusiasm when the dark aspects of the enlightenment were reveled in all their harshness. Young literary figures and artist turned to the reverse side of Reason. 


Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Ballerina in a Death's Head, 1932 (rather 1939), Oil on canvas, 24,5 × 19,5 cm, Collection Merz / Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.

O horripilante, o milagroso, e o grotesco desafiaram a supremacia do belo e imaculado. O apelo de lendas e contos de fadas e do fascínio com a Idade Média competiram com o ideal da Antiguidade A paisagem campestre tornou-se cada vez mais atraente e foi um assunto favorito dos artistas. A luz do dia encontrou o nevoeiro e misteriosa escuridão da noite.


Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), The Wave, 1907, Oil on canvas, 196 x 116 cm, Collection des Musées d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Genéve, Photo: Bettina Jacot-Descombes, © Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Genéve.

The horrific, the miraculous, and the grotesque challenged the supremacy of the beautiful and the immaculate. The appeal of legends and fairy tales and the fascination with the Middle Ages competed with the ideal of Antiquity The local countryside became increasingly attractive and was a favored subject for artists. The bright light of day encountered the fog and mysterious darkness of the night.


Samuel Colman (1780-1845), The Edge of Doom, 1836-1838, Oil on canvas, 137,2 × 199,4 cm, Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Laura L. Barnes.



Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1888-1931), Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror, Germany 1922, Filmstill, Silent film, © Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.



René Magritte (1898-1967), Sentimental Conversation, 1945, Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm, Private Collection, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.

Städel Museum
Dürerstraße 2, 60596 
+ 49(0)69-605098-111
Frankfurt am Main
Dark Romanticism.
From Goya to Max Ernst
September 26, 2012-January 20, 2013

quinta-feira, 2 de agosto de 2012

Gustave Caillebotte: impressionismo e fotografia

Gustave Caillebotte
The Pont de l’Europe, 1876
Le Pont de l‘Europe, l’Europe
Oil on canvas
125 x 180 cm
© Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Genève
Photography: © Studio Monique Bernaz, Genève


18. OUTUBRO - 20. janeiro 2013

Schirn Galeria de Arte
Frankfurt. Alemanha.

Gustave Caillebotte
Boulevard Haussmann, Snow, 1879/1881
Boulevard Haussmann, effet de neige
Oil on canvas
81 x 66 cm
© + Photography: © Musée du Château de Flers


A Schirn Art Gallery no Outono deste dedica uma retrospectiva abrangente à figura do pintor impressionista Gustave Caillebotte. A mostra será composta de cerca de 50 pinturas e desenhos do artista francês.

Charles Marville
Boulevard Haussmann, 1877
Albumen print from a glass negative
26,2 x 36,9 cm
© Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris

The SCHIRN will dedicate a comprehensive exhibition featuring numerous paintings and drawings to the French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte. 


Gustave Caillebotte
Boulevard des Italiens, 1880
Boulevard des Italiens
Oil on canvas
54 x 65 cm
© Comité Caillebotte

Caillebotte, cujo trabalho é amplamente reconhecido e valorizado no Reino Unido, França e os EUA, oferece maneiras novas e complementares de se aproximar do impressionismo francês: pinturas e mostra fotográfica radical uma estreita relação entre os dois mundos (fotografia e pintura).



Gustave Caillebotte
View through a Balcony Grille, 1880
Vue prise à travers un balcon
Oil on canvas
83,5 x 73 cm
© Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


While a critical examination of Caillebotte is still in the early stages in Germany, this distinguished artist has already assumed his rightful place among an art loving public in France, Great Britain, and the United States.


Làszló Moholy-Nagy
Marseille, 1928
Photography: © Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln, rba_183432


Caillebotte é mais conhecido por suas pinturas urbanas de Paris, entre as quais se incluem: A Ponte da Europa (Le pont de l'Europe) (1876), Paris Street, Rainy Day (Rue de Paris, temps de chuva, também conhecida como a Plaza de Europa, em tempo chuvoso ou em francês La Place de l'Europe, temps de pluie) (1877).


Gustave Caillebotte
The Yerres, Rain, 1875
L’Yerres, effet de pluie
Oil on canvas
81 x 59 cm
© Indiana University Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nicholas H. Noyes
Photography: © Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague


Caillebotte’s oeuvre provides new, fundamental, and complementary ways to approach French Impressionist painting: his radical, highly modern, and photographic-seeming depictions very convincingly reconstruct the close connection between photography and painting in the development of a new way of seeing.



Gustave Caillebotte
Canoes on the Yerres, 1877
Périssoires sur l’Yerres
Oil on canvas
103 x 156 cm
© Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of the Milwaukee Journal Company, in honor of Miss Fay McBeath
Potogrpahy: © John R. Glembin

Many of Caillebotte’s works anticipate a photographic perspective—especially in the particular angle of view and the way the images are cropped, but also in their approach to themes like movement and abstraction—that does not emerge in the medium of photography until later. 


Gustave Caillebotte
Richard Gallo and his Dog Dick, at Petit Gennevilliers, 1884
Richard Gallo et son chien Dick, au Petit Gennevilliers
Oil on canvas
89 x 116 cm
© Artattack Management Ltd.

For this reason the exhibition will also incorporate outstanding examples of photography from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and in so doing will provide a clear demonstration of Caillebotte’s role as trailblazer.



Gustave Caillebotte
Portrait of Monsieur R., 1877
Portrait Monsieur R.
Oil on canvas
79,4 x 97,8 cm
© Private collection
Photography: © Jean Vong Photography, New York



Gustave Caillebotte
Four Vases of Chrysanthemums, 1893
Quatre vases de chrysanthèmes
Oil on canvas
54 x 65 cm
© Private collection





Datas: até 20 de Janeiro de 2013
Localização: Schirn Galeria de Arte. Römerberg, D-60311 Frankfurt, coleção de esculturas Liebieghaus, Schaumainkai 71, D-60596 Frankfurt. Alemanha.
Horários: de terça a sextas-feiras e aos domingos das 10h00 às 19h00. Quarta-feira e quinta-feira 10,00-22,00.







terça-feira, 24 de julho de 2012

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