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FRANCE / Paris: JEFF KOONS
by Modem
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until Monday April 27 2015

Centre Pompidou
T : +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33
place Georges Pompidou
75004 Paris
France



This retrospective is designed to take stock of an unquestionably great body of work, now inseparable from the man who created it.

Twenty-seven years have passed since Rabbit came to the Centre Pompidou – and alas, left it again. The creator of the famous stainless steel balloon has become one of the most famous and controversial artists in the contemporary art scene. He is one of those who attracts so much biting criticism that you wonder whether it is actually the work that is being judged, or the mythology of a man who has become a figure.
From the early assemblages seeking to synthesise Pop and Minimalism to the plaster moulds embellished with decorations for parks and gardens, Koons has sought to establish his approach through a succession of series with subjects that speak to everybody, in an attempt to reconcile modern art and popular culture in a celebration of finally-reunited opposites.

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