JEFF KOONS. THE PAINTER & THE SCULPTOR
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Venue: |
Schirn Kunsthalle, Römerberg, Frankfurt, D-60311 , GERMANY |
Opens: |
Wednesday 20 June 2012 |
Closes: |
Sunday 23 September 2012 |
Summary: |
This Summer the Schirn Kunsthalle and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfurt will be devoted to the work of the American artist Jeff Koons (born 1955), who has played a pioneering role in the contemporary art world since the 1980s. The two concurrent exhibitions will deliberately separate the painterly and sculptural aspects of his oeuvre and present each in a context of its own. Comprising some forty paintings, Jeff Koons. The Painter at the Schirn will focus primarily on the artist’s structural development as a painter. With motifs drawn from a diverse range of high and pop-cultural sources, his monumental painted works combine hyper-realistic and gestural elements to form complexes as compact in imagery as they are with regard to content. Jeff Koons. The Sculptor at the Liebieghaus, will present some fifty world-famous and entirely new sculptures which will enter into dialogue with the historical building and a sculpture collection spanning five millennia. Making its debut in Frankfurt is Jeff Koons’s new series Antiquity in which he explores antique art and its central motif – Eros. |
Opening Times: |
Tuesday, Friday to Sunday 10 am – 7 pm |
Admission Prices: |
(Combined ticket for Schirn and Liebieghaus): €14, concessions €12, family ticket €24; free admission for children under 12 |
Further Information: |
www.koons-in-frankfurt.de; www.schirn.de, welcome@schirn.de |
