Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Balloon Dog (Blue)
Image View:
Overall view from side
Creator:
Jeff Koons (American sculptor, born 1954)
Location:
repository: Broad Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) F-KOONS-1S96.10a-k
Location Note:
221 S. Grand Avenue
GPS:
34.0544-118.251
Date:
1994-2000 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century; Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Technique:
metalworking
Measurements:
121 in (height) x 45 in (width) x 143 in (length)
Subjects:
abstraction; animal; contemporary (1960 to present)
Description:
As part of Jeff Koons’s Celebration, an ongoing series of paintings and sculptures that memorialize the rituals, icons, and images surrounding birthdays, holidays, and other party occasions, Balloon Dog (Blue) may be the most imposing work. Using the recognizable form of a balloon twisted into the shape of a dog, Koons has frozen a moment in time, exaggerating both scale and material. Balloon Dog (Blue) is literal and abstract. When standing close to it, one’s own distorted reflection bends around smooth pert curves. (Source: Broad Museum [website]; https://www.thebroad .org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-KOONS-BM-BDB94-A 01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Balloon Dog (Blue)