Jeff Koons' Balloon Venus skateboard art by the skateroom
Jeff Koons' Balloon Venus skateboard art by the skateroom

Balloon Venus Skateboard

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Internationally recognized American-artist, Jeff Koons is paying homage to the Venus of Willendorf in his Balloon Venus Skateboard. In his Antiquity series, Koons reimagined the ancient limestone figurine as a balloon. The venus is transformed into a large-scale reflective stainless steel sculpture in a contemporary way but reinvisioned for today. Here we see the piece appear on skateboards presented as a diptych.
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Jeff Koons' Balloon Venus skateboard art by the skateroom
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About the Artist

Portrait of Jeff KOONS

Jeff KOONS is an American artist whose work examines popular culture, often in the form of paintings and sculptures that transform everyday images and objects into works of art that engage the viewer. Most recognizable among these are his balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces. 

Born in York, Pennsylvania in 1955; Jeff Koons studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1976. Since his first solo exhibition in 1980, Koons’ work has been shown in major galleries and institutions throughout the world. He lives and works in New York City.