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Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons (Born 1955) is active/lives in New York.  Jeff Koons is known for Factory product pop art sculpture.

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The following is from the Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2001:

Can He Be Serious?
Known for his kitschy works, controversial artist Jeff Koons returns to painting with a more mature approach.

By SUZANNE MUCHNIC, Times Art Writer

"I've always looked at my art and what I do in a very moral way," says Jeff Koons, smiling sweetly as he surveys big, splashy, collage-like paintings in his exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.  That may be news to longtime observers of the New York artist, who is largely known for merging childish desires and adult passions in kitsch statuary.  It's certainly the most shocking statement to be heard these days from the art world superstar who set off one outrage after another in the 1980s and early '90s, but then got stuck in a morass of personal problems.

Koons, 46, emerged as a conceptual sculptor who encased gleaming vacuum cleaners in plexiglass boxes and immersed basketballs in   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10069 characters.]  Artist bio

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Research resources

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Facts about Jeff Koons

   Publications  Book References:  46
Magazine References:  90

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90 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Jeff Koons
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews ARTTALK: Skate of the Art December 2006 Kinsella, Eileen Yes
ARTnews Reviews July 2006 Editors, ARTnews Yes
American Art Collector How an artist's reputation affects the value of a work of art April 2006 Jacob, Jane C.H. Yes
ARTnews Selling of Jeff Koons May 2005 Thomas, Kelly Devine Yes
ARTnews Underrated/Overrated January 2005 Sheets, Hilarie M Yes
Art & Auction The Power List 2004 December 2004 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
Art & Auction Marketfile December 2004 Editors, Art + Auction Yes
Art & Auction Editor's Notebook November 2004 Wolmer, Bruce Yes
ARTFORUM High & Low: Graham Bader on Soft-Co October 2004 Bader, Graham Yes
ARTFORUM Performing the Future October 2004 Bankowsky, Jack No
ARTFORUM Spiritual America: David Deitcher o October 2004 Deitcher, David Yes
Art & Auction around the block October 2004 Editors, Art + Auction Yes
Art & Auction in the air October 2004 Editors, Art + Auction Yes
Art & Auction And the Winner is... October 2004 Ward, Ossian Yes
Art in America Front Page September 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTFORUM Fall 2004 Preview September 2004 Editors, Artforum No
Art & Auction flash point September 2004 Rosenthal, Norman No
ARTnews How Many Buster Keatons Does it Tak September 2004 Spiegler, Marc Yes
Art & Auction publicappeal September 2004 Tully, Judd Yes
Art & Auction Market Capitalization August 2004 Tully, Judd Yes
Art & Auction Auction Reviews July 2004 Editors, Art + Auction Yes
ARTnews Art Market-How the Spring Auctions July 2004 Kinsella & Gleadell Yes
Art & Auction An Olympian Endeavor July 2004 Tully, Judd Yes
Art in America Report from New York June 2004 Heartney, Eleanor No
Art in America Review of Exhibitions May 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Insider-All Fired Up May 2004 Leigh, Bobbie Yes
Art & Antiques Glass Acts May 2004 Ruhling, Nancy A No
ARTnews The 10 Most Expensive Living Artist May 2004 Thomas, Kelly Devine No
Art & Auction sales preview May 2004 Tully, Judd Yes
Art & Auction striking it rich May 2004 Tully, Judd No
ARTnews ARTtalk April 2004 Douglas, Sarah Yes
Art & Auction Jeff Koons March 2004 Yablonsky, Linda Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk February 2004 Editor, ARTtalk Yes
ARTnews Reviews February 2004 Editors, ARTnews No
Art in America Front Page January 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Art Market January 2004 Editors, ARTnews No
ARTnews Sex Sells-and Sometimes Quite Well January 2004 Kinsella, Eileen Yes
ARTnews How Far Can You Go? January 2004 Yablonsky, Linda No
Art & Auction around the block December 2003 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk December 2003 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art in America The Art Press-Whose 1980s? December 2003 Rubinstein, Raphael Yes
ARTFORUM Man of His Words November 2003 Karmel, Pepe Yes
Art & Auction trading aces November 2003 Tully, Judd Yes
Art in America Nature According to Knechtel September 2003 Duncan, Michael Yes
Art & Auction in the air August 2003 Editor, Art + Auction Yes
ARTnews The ARTnews 200 Top Collectors July 2003 Editor, ARTnews Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update May 2003 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
ARTFORUM Preview Summer 2003 May 2003 Editors, Artforum Yes
ARTFORUM Marx to Sharks April 2003 Crow, Thomas Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions April 2003 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTFORUM Time Capsules 1986-1990 April 2003 Rimanelli, David Yes
ARTnews Arttalk March 2003 Editors, Artnews Yes
ARTFORUM Time Capsules 1980-1985 March 2003 Rimanelli, David No
ARTFORUM Jeff Koons Talks to Katy Siegel March 2003 Siegel, Katy Yes
Scottsdale Life Contemporary Art: A Fine Line Betwe February 2003 Cushman, Jennifer Yes
ARTFORUM Reviews February 2003 Editors, Artforum No
ARTFORUM The Happy End of Kippenberger's Ame February 2003 Williams, Gregory Yes
Art & Auction Art & Auction Power 2002 January 2003 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
Art & Auction Datebook January 2003 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
Art & Antiques Contemporary Conundrum January 2003 Spike, John T Yes
Art-Talk Contemporary Auctions Set Artist December 2002 Editors, ART-TALK Yes
ARTnews The Turning Tides of Taste November 2002 Landi, Ann Yes
Art & Auction Seasonal Forecast October 2002 Kino, Holmes and Benhamou-Huet Yes
ARTFORUM Dealer's Weal August 2002 Worth, Alexi Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk January 2002 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art & Antiques Top 100 Treasures November 2001 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions November 2001 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Auction Going, Going, Gone? November 2001 Tully, Bruce Yes
ARTnews The ARTnews 200 Top Collectors August 2001 Esterow, Milton Yes
Art in America Art in America July 2001 Editors, Art in America No
ARTnews Reviews June 2001 Editors, Art News Yes
Art & Auction Spring Sales Preview May 2001 Postwar and Contemporary Yes
Art & Auction Market Place April 2001 Editors Yes
ARTFORUM Reviews January 2001 Editors, Art Forum Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update December 2000 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
ARTFORUM International Shorts Preview September 2000 Editors, ARTForum Yes
ARTFORUM Preview Fall 2000 September 2000 Editors, ARTForum Yes
ARTnews Art Talk June 2000 Editors, ARTNews Yes
Art & Auction Talk of the Trade May 2000 Attias, Laurie Yes
Art in America Front Page January 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Auction The Contemporary Sales November 1999 Tully, Judd Yes
ARTnews A Kinder, Gentler Koons March 1998 Attias, Laurie Yes
Art-Talk Fall Sales January 1998 Editor, Art-talk No
ARTnews Reviews January 1998 Editors, Art News Yes
Art & Auction In the Air/Around the Block April 1997 Editors, Art & Auction No
Art & Auction Around the Block February 1997 Editors, Art & Auction No
Art & Auction A Collector's Kind of Town May 1996 Tully, Judd Yes
Architectural Digest Architectural Digest Visits October 1995 Aronson, Steven Yes
ARTnews Art Market January 1995 AN editors No
American Art Review Dealer's Weal August 1989 Worth, Alexi Yes
46 Book References for Jeff Koons
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
360 Yes
2011 Polsky, Richard The Art Prophets: The Artists, Dealers, and Tastemakers Who Shook the Art World 262 No
2010 Goody, Dick Cynthia Greig: Subverting the (un)Conventional
(Exhibition catalog)
71 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Pearlman, Alison Unpackaging Art of the 1980s 248 Yes
2002 Sheets, Georg R York County: To the Setting of the Sun, An Illustrated History 260 Yes
2002 Sylvester, David Cheerio to Cheerios 387 No
2001 Byatt, A.S. (foreward) Writers on Artists 352 Yes
1999 Kirwin, Elizabeth Seton It's All True: Imagining New York's East Village Art Scene of the 1980s 916 No
1999 Larsen, Lars et all Art at the Turn of the Millennium 561 Yes
1998 Inde, Vilis R Art in the Courtroom 270 No
1997 Hughes, Robert American Visions The Epic History of Art in America 635 Yes
1997 Lucie-Smith, Edward Visual Arts in the 20th Century 400 Yes
1997 Rowell, Margit Objects of Desire The Modern Still Life
(Exhibition catalog)
232 Yes
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1996 Dawtry, Liz (others) Investigating Modern Art 185 Yes
1996 Deitch, Jeffrey The Dakis Joannou Collection 302 Yes
1996 Haden-Guest, Anthony True Colors The Real Life of the Art World 344 Yes
1996 Sandler, Irving Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s 636 Yes
1995 Fineberg, Jonathan Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being 496 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1994 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Realism 240 Yes
1993 Gardner, James Culture or Trash? A Provocative View of Contemporary Painting (etc) 227 No
1993 Joachimides, Christos (others) American Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993
(Exhibition catalog)
490 Yes
1992 Kurtz, Bruce D Contemporary Art 1965-1990 256 Yes
1992 Lane, John R Jeff Koons 132 Yes
1992 Wood, Paul (others) Modernism in Dispute Art Since the Forties 267 Yes
1991 Day, Holliday T Power:Its Myths and Mores in American Art 1961-1991
(Exhibition catalog)
159 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 Murken, Axel/Christa Murken Von der Avantgarde bis zur Postmoderne/die Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts 358 Yes
1991 Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties
(Exhibition catalog)
96 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Benezra, Neal (editor) Affinities and Intuitions Gerald S Elliott Collection of Contemporary Art 312 Yes
1990 Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
(Exhibition catalog)
172 Yes
1990 Halbreich, Kathy Culture and Commentary An Eighties Perspective 195 Yes
1990 Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University
(Exhibition catalog)
196 Yes
1990 Livingstone, Marco Pop Art A Continuing History 271 Yes
1990 Varnedoe, Kirk/Adam Gopnik High and Low Modern Art/Popular Culture
(Exhibition catalog)
460 Yes
1988 Cameron, Dan NY Art Now The Saatchi Collection 250 Yes
1988 Fairbrother, Trevor (others) The Binational American Art of the Late 80s
(Exhibition catalog)
226 Yes
1987 Frank, Peter/Michael McKenzie New, Used and Improved Art for the 80's 159 Yes
1986 Bois, Yve-Alain Endgame Reference & Simulation/Painting & Sculpture 115 Yes
1986 Cameron, Dan Art and It's Double Panorama of Art in New York 149 Yes
Kellein, Thomas Jeff Koons Pictures 1980-2002
(Exhibition catalog)
120 Yes
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