Jeff Koons The Post-Pop Superstar

Posted by Frances Spiegel Jun 9, 2009

Controversial, sensuous, sexy, playful, conceptual – all words used to describe the art of Jeff Koons.

This is the man who caused a riot in the art world, in the 1990s, by appearing in love scenes in the Made in Heaven series with his then wife, Cicciolina (Anna Elena Staller), the Hungarian-born Italian porn star-cum-politician. Koons also created a 12-meter-high puppy from thousands of flowers and set it in front of the baroque castle in Arolsen. A similar puppy appears in the photo below.

After this escapade, no one could ignore his artistic endeavours, and over the years he has always attracted both ardent supporters and angry detractors.

Koons' work has often been displayed alongside Andy Warhol's.

A new 600-page, large-format book, published by Taschen, explores his work in depth, and in particular his large-format paintings and mirror-finished sculptures.

A review of Jeff Koons the Post-Pop Superstar appears on Suite101.com.

The book is available from all good bookshops, priced £39.99, ISBN: 978 38365 03280.