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| - | [[Jeff Koons]]'s "[[Made in Heaven]]" series of paintings, photos and sculptures portrayed himself and [[Cicciolina]] in [[explicit sex]]ual [[sexual position|position]]s created controversy. | + | ''[[Made in Heaven]]'' is the title of a series of paintings, photos and sculptures by [[Jeff Koons]] portraying himself and his wife [[Cicciolina]] in [[explicit sex]]ual [[sexual position|position]]s. The series created controversy. |
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| + | In 1989 the [[Whitney Museum]] and its guest curator [[Marvin Heiferman]] asked Koons to make an artwork about the media on a billboard<ref name=odd /> for the show "Image World: Art and Media Culture". The billboard was meant as an advertisement for an unmade movie, entitled ''Made in Heaven.''<ref>Hans Werner Holzwarth: Jeff Koons. Cologne 2009. p. 306</ref> Koons employed his then wife [[Ilona Staller]] ("[[Cicciolina]]") as a model in the shoot that formed the basis of the resulting work for the Whitney, ''Made in Heaven'' (1990–91).<ref>Anthony, Andrew (October 16, 2011), [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/oct/16/jeff-koons-art-custody-son "The Jeff Koons show"], ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref> Including works with such titles as ''Dirty Ejaculation'' and ''Ilonaʼs Asshole'', the series of enormous grainy<ref>[[Roberta Smith]] (October 13, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/arts/design/14koons.html That Was No Lady, That Was My Wife], ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref> photographs printed on canvas, glassworks, and sculptures portrayed Koons and Staller in highly explicit sexual positions and created considerable controversy. The paintings of the series reference art from the [[Baroque]] and [[Rococo]] periods—among others, [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]] and [[François Boucher]]—and also draw upon the breakthroughs of early modern painters as [[Gustave Courbet]] and [[Édouard Manet]].<ref name="luxembourgdayan.com">[http://luxembourgdayan.com/exhibitions/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-paintings/press Jeff Koons: Made in Heaven, Paintings, October 6, 2010 - January 6, 2011] Luxembourg & Dayan, New York.</ref> | ||
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| + | The series was first shown at the 1990 [[Venice Biennale]].<ref name= gugg1>[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/bio/?artist_name=Jeff%20Koons Jeff Koons], Guggenheim Collection.</ref> Koons reportedly destroyed much of the work when Staller took their son Ludwig with her to Italy.<ref>Rachel Wolff, [http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/68724/ "A Townhouse Full of High-Art Smut"], ''[[New York Magazine]]'', October 1, 2010.</ref> In celebration of ''Made in Heaven'''s 20th anniversary, Luxembourg & Dayan chose to present a redux edition of the series.<ref name="luxembourgdayan.com"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Morgan|first=Robert C.|title=Tumescent Follies, Inflated Money, and Kitschy Sex|journal=The Brooklyn Rail|date=January 2011|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2010/12/artseen/tumescent-follies-inflated-money-and-kitschy-sex}}</ref><ref>[[Roberta Smith]] (October 13, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/arts/design/14koons.html "That Was No Lady, That Was My Wife"], ''The New York Times''.</ref> The Whitney Museum also exhibited several of the photographs on canvas in their 2014 retrospective. | ||
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Made in Heaven is the title of a series of paintings, photos and sculptures by Jeff Koons portraying himself and his wife Cicciolina in explicit sexual positions. The series created controversy.
Made in Heaven series
In 1989 the Whitney Museum and its guest curator Marvin Heiferman asked Koons to make an artwork about the media on a billboard<ref name=odd /> for the show "Image World: Art and Media Culture". The billboard was meant as an advertisement for an unmade movie, entitled Made in Heaven.<ref>Hans Werner Holzwarth: Jeff Koons. Cologne 2009. p. 306</ref> Koons employed his then wife Ilona Staller ("Cicciolina") as a model in the shoot that formed the basis of the resulting work for the Whitney, Made in Heaven (1990–91).<ref>Anthony, Andrew (October 16, 2011), "The Jeff Koons show", The Guardian.</ref> Including works with such titles as Dirty Ejaculation and Ilonaʼs Asshole, the series of enormous grainy<ref>Roberta Smith (October 13, 2010), That Was No Lady, That Was My Wife, The Guardian.</ref> photographs printed on canvas, glassworks, and sculptures portrayed Koons and Staller in highly explicit sexual positions and created considerable controversy. The paintings of the series reference art from the Baroque and Rococo periods—among others, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and François Boucher—and also draw upon the breakthroughs of early modern painters as Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet.<ref name="luxembourgdayan.com">Jeff Koons: Made in Heaven, Paintings, October 6, 2010 - January 6, 2011 Luxembourg & Dayan, New York.</ref>
The series was first shown at the 1990 Venice Biennale.<ref name= gugg1>Jeff Koons, Guggenheim Collection.</ref> Koons reportedly destroyed much of the work when Staller took their son Ludwig with her to Italy.<ref>Rachel Wolff, "A Townhouse Full of High-Art Smut", New York Magazine, October 1, 2010.</ref> In celebration of Made in Heaven's 20th anniversary, Luxembourg & Dayan chose to present a redux edition of the series.<ref name="luxembourgdayan.com"/><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Roberta Smith (October 13, 2010), "That Was No Lady, That Was My Wife", The New York Times.</ref> The Whitney Museum also exhibited several of the photographs on canvas in their 2014 retrospective.
