oil on canvas, glass, and aluminum
68 x 45 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches
172.7 x 115.6 x 37.5 cm
© Jeff Koons
2015
Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa)
Details
oil on canvas, glass, and aluminum
68 x 45 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches
172.7 x 115.6 x 37.5 cm
© Jeff Koons
2015
EXHIBITED:
Doha, Qatar Museums Al Riwaq Gallery, Jeff Koons: Lost in America, November 21, 2021 - March 31, 2022
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Ateneaum Art Museum, Helsinki; Finnish National Gallery, Inspiration — Iconic Works, February 20 - May 17, 2020 (Stockholm), June 18 - September 20, 2020
Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, May 19 - September 29, 2019
Gagosian Gallery, New York, Jeff Koons: Gazing Ball Paintings, November 9 - December 23, 2015]
LITERATURE:
Ashleigh Kane, "Debunking the biggest myths around Jeff Koons," Dazed, January 21, 2022.
"Palazzo Strozzi: conversazione online su Jeff Koons con Arturo Galansino e Massimiliano Gioni," Portale Giovani Firenze (Italy), January 12, 2022.
Rossana Vinci, "Prosegue a Firenze, fino al 30 gennaio, la mostra 'Jeff Koons. Shine'," Archi Portale (Italy), January 12, 2022.
"Incontro con Massimiliano Gioni, autore del libro “Il desiderio messo a nudo. Conversazioni con Jeff Koons”," Arte.Go (Italy), January 12, 2022.
Paul Laster, "Jeff Koons in His Own Words," Ocula (London, UK), January 5, 2022.
Elio Grazioli, "Il brillante desiderio di Jeff Koons," Doppiozero (Italy), January 2, 2022.
Francesca Grego, "L'Agenda dell'Arte - In libreria," Arte (Italy), December 22, 2021.
Demetrio Paparoni, "Il critico come influencer," Domani (Italy), November 11, 2021.
Gabi Czöppan, "Was macht die Koonst?," Focus (Germany), October 16, 2021.
Millie Walton, "Mirror Man," Lux, Autumn Winter 2021/22, cover, pp. 28-33.
Massimiliano Gioni, "American BeautyCome funziona il lavoro dell’artista secondo Jeff Koons," Linkiesta (Italy), October 21, 2021
Cara Ronza, "La cultura americana nelle banalità patinate di Jeff Koons," Arte (Italy), October 1, 2021.
Massimiliano Giono, "Jeff Koons: "Io, artista grazie all'Italia," La Repubblica (Italy), September 30, 2021.
Francesca Ame, "Il più grande Jeff Koons: l'artista dell'iperbole in mostra a Firenze," Vanity Fair (Italy), Ocotber 1, 2021.
Leone Casati Modignani, "Jeff Koons messo a nudo. Massimiliano Gioni svela l’artista contemporaneo più celebre al mondo," ArtsLife (Italy), September 24, 2021.
"Qatar Museums to present first exhibition by Jeff Koons in Gulf region," The Penisula Qatar (Qatar), September 13, 2021.
"Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics - Revd Jonathan Evens," Artlyst (UK), June 27, 2020.
Jeff Koons. Lost in America, exh. cat., ed. Massimiliano Gioni (Milan: Skira, 2021).
Destiny Richards, "MAC opening new fall exhibitions starting this weekend," KXLY, October 2, 2020, online (color ill.).
"Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics - Revd Jonathan Evens," Artlyst (UK), June 27, 2020, online (color ill., The Broad Art Foundation).
"'Apariencia desnuda', de Koons y Duchamp, rompen récord de asistencia," Expansion (Mexico), September 30, 2019, online (color ill., Museo Jumex installation).
"Qué hacer el fin de semana en la Ciudad de México," Forbes (Mexico), September 20, 2019, online (color ill., Museo Jumex installation).
"La exposición de Marcel Duchamp y Jeff Koons ya tiene fecha límite," El Mexicano (Mexico), September 4, 2019, online (color ill., Museo Jumex installation).
Sheila Ramirez, "Última llamada: Duchamp y Koons se despiden del Museo Jumex," Forbes, August 31, 2019, online (color ill., Museo Jumex installation).
Massimiliano Gioni, Appearance Stripped Bare, Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, exh. cat. (London: Phaidon, 2019), p. 230 (color ill. p. 231).
Jena Friedman, "Why Jeff Koons's Blue 'Gazing Balls' Give Mona Lisa Something New to Smirk About," Artnet News, June 22, 2017
"Jeff Koons lança coleção de bolsas em parceria com Louis Vuitton," Opovo Online (Brazil), April 11, 2017, online (color ill.).