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<p>Watch the artist discuss the theme that shaped his&nbsp;oeuvre</p>

Jeff Koons: ‘A flower turns itself towards the sun, we turn to shine.’

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<p>The shiny surfaces of Jeff Koons’ sculptures have become a byword for the artist’s work. Polished to perfection, they negate the idea of manual fabrication and stand as pristine totems to human desire. Koons’ balloon dogs, dolphins, and oversized hearts capture the contemporary poetry of pop culture while taunting humans’ inner magpies. ‘Shine’ is thus an apt theme for the artist’s major retrospective upcoming at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence – one that runs through his entire oeuvre. In this new episode of ‘Meet the artists’, Koons welcomes Art Basel to his legendary New York studio and shares his thoughts on this most elusive of concepts.</p><p>Jeff Koons is represented by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/gallery/1242/Pace-Gallery" target="_blank">Pace</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.palazzostrozzi.org/en/archivio/exhibitions/jeff-koons-shine/" target="_blank">‘Jeff Koons. Shine’</a> is at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, from October 2, 2021 to January 30, 2022.</p><p><a href="https://www.mucem.org/en/jeff-koons-mucem" target="_blank">‘Jeff Koons Mucem. Works from the Pinault Collection’</a>is at Mucem, Marseille until October 18, 2021.</p>

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Jeff Koons: ‘A flower turns itself towards the sun, we turn to shine.’

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