{"product_id":"jeff-koons-isbn-9780847833597","title":"Jeff Koons","description":"The definitive survey of Jeff Koons’s \u003ci\u003eHulk Elvis\u003c\/i\u003e paintings, including an extensive interview with the artist in his studio. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the outset of his controversial career, Jeff Koons turned the traditional notion of the work of art and its context inside out. Focusing on unexpected yet banal objects as models for his work, he eschewed typical standards of \"good taste\" in art, instead embracing what he perceives as conventional middle-class values in order to expose the vulnerabilities of aesthetic hierarchies and value systems. Koons’s declared strategies are to make art beautiful, to strive for objectivity, to give back the familiar, and to reflect, and thus empower, the viewer. The works of Koons’s series \u003ci\u003eHulk Elvis\u003c\/i\u003e burst with energy and precision yet mystify with their complex permutations and combinations of figurative and abstract elements. A charged mix of inflatable monkeys, geishas, birds, the Incredible Hulk, and the Liberty Bell jostle against realistically rendered landscapes, gestural paintings, steam engines and horse-drawn carriages, negative silhouettes, and underlying dot screens.\u003cb\u003eJeff Koons\u003c\/b\u003e’s work has been widely exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. \u003cb\u003eHans Ulrich Obrist\u003c\/b\u003e has curated and co-curated over 200 solo and group exhibitions internationally since 1991.","brand":"Gagosian \/ Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300662431973,"sku":"NP9780847833597","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847833597.jpg?v=1767730374","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/jeff-koons-isbn-9780847833597","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}