Kate MacDowell

Nursemaid 3

2015

Limited Edition of 3.500 Presentation box with signed and numbered certificate. Produced by Bernardaud Jeff Koons is an American pop artist, born in York, Pennsylvania in 1955 to a mother who was a seamstress and a father who worked as an interior decorator. He is known for working with popular culture subjects and for his reproductions of banal objects. His works have sold for important amounts, including one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. Jeff Koons had an early interest in art and as a teenager he admired Salvador Dalí. He studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As a student he met the artist Ed Paschke who became a major influence and for whom he worked as a studio assistant in the late 1970’s. In 1977 Jeff Koons moved to New York City where he worked at the Museum of Modern Art whilst establishing himself as an artist. In the 1980’s he began working as a Wall Street commodities broker in order to finance his art projects. He wanted to be independent from the art market and has expressed that: ”I could make exactly what art I wanted to make. And I would always know that I didn’t need the art market.” In the mid-1980’s Jeff Koons gained prominence and recognition as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning af art in a media-saturated era. He set up a factory-like studio in a SoHo loft with over 30 assistants. Since his first solo exhibition in 1980 Jeff Koon's work has been shown in major galleries and institutions throughout the world. His work was the subject of a major exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective in 2014, which traveled to the Centre Pompidou Paris and then further to Guggenheim Bilbao in 2015. His most recent series, Gazing Ball Paintings, was exhibited for the first time at Gagosian Gallery, New York in 2015. The artist has earned renown for his public sculptures, such as the monumental floral...

Set of 3 Handmade Porcelain Cups with Sgraffito Detailingby Alex Hodge From the series Fragments of Our Love Story Porcelain cup with sgraffito detailing Overall size: 4.5 x 9 x 3 inches Individual size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 inches 1. “When the door closes..” 2018 2. “Some days that’s me...”, 2019 3. “My favorite moment...”, 2019 Pieces can be sold separately. This cup is one of 48 that make up the installation, “Fragments of Our Love Story.” These cups feature feminine forms which recall the Venus of Willendorf and other historical fertility objects...

Me soaking up the light…", 2019 by Alex Hodge From the series Fragments of Our Love Story Porcelain cup with sgraffito detailing 4 in. x 3 in. W x 2.75 in. This cup is one of 48 that make up the installation, “Fragments of Our Love Story.” These cups feature feminine forms which recall the Venus of Willendorf and other historical fertility...

The Moon, 2022 by Alex Hodge Porcelain Jar with Sgraffito, Transfers, and underglaze Detailing 10.5 in x 4 in x 4 in This sculptural jar is the first to feature the figure in combin...

The weight of your head…", 2019 by Alex Hodge From the series Fragments of Our Love Story Porcelain cup with sgraffito detailing 4 in. x 3 in. W x 3 in. This cup is one of 48 that m...

Some days that’s me…", 2019 by Alex Hodge From the series Fragments of Our Love Story Porcelain cup with sgraffito detailing 4.5 in. x 3 in. W x 3 in. This cup is one of 48 that make up the installation, “Fragments of Our Love Story.” These cups feature feminine forms which recall the Venus of Willendorf and other historical fertility objects...