RxArt, the non profit organization, known for transforming frightening medical environments into works of art to improve the healing process, has once again gotten together with Jeff Koons. This time the artist received a cart blanche at the Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital.
“RxArt, the non-profit organization that curates contemporary art installations in hospital settings, and Kiehl’s Since 1851, the venerable New York-based purveyor of fine quality skin and hair care, have partnered to bring the artwork of Jeff Koons to Chicago’s Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital.
Kiehl’s is proud to underwrite the fabrication and installation of works by world-renowned pop artist Jeff Koons on a Philips CT Scanner and throughout the scanner room at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital for RxArt. As a result of this project, Koons’ iconic characters will find a permanent home in the hospital’s radiology department, to soothe and cheer young patients, and brighten the typically sterile and potentially scary testing environment.
To create the installation, the Philips CT Scanner was painted, and decals featuring Koons’ Monkeys were applied to the machine. His iconic Balloon Dog, Hanging Heart, and Donkey imagery were also installed to brighten the room as wallscapes. Koons generously took no artist fee for his participation in this project.”
Today we can give you a detailed look at the installation.
After a first initial teaser a while back we can give you a full look at the BMW Art Car by Jeff Koons today. The collaboration marks the 17th car in the BMW Art Car series.
“At the premiere of the 17th BMW Art Car Jeff Koons unveiled and signed his car in front of 300 international VIP guests on June 1 in the Centre Pompidou, one of the world’s most prestigious cultural institutions for modern and contemporary art. It is the same place where Roy Lichtenstein back in 1977 first presented and signed his Art Car.
In the spirit of Calder, Stella, Lichtenstein, Warhol, BMW announced this year that the 17th Art Car created by Jeff Koons will race where the first rolling pieces of art by legendary artists raced – at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France on June 12-13, 2010. Koons’ canvas is a BMW M3 GT2, which was homologated to compete at this year’s running of the world’s most famous endurance race.
On June 2, between 11 am to 9 pm, the public will have the chance to see the Art Car free of charge in the Forum of the Centre Pompidou. At 5.30 pm Jeff Koons will participate in a book signing at the official book store of the museum before he will talk about his work in conversation with Alain Seban, President of the Centre Pompidou, at 6 pm at the Forum of the museum.”
Check out the official BMW video here below.
Take a detailed look at the car designed by Jeff Koons after the jump.
Today Louis Vuitton will be opening its new Maison London, a store concept which was previously reserved to its home town Paris. The massive store cost over 30 Million Pounds and is nothing short of impressive. You can of course expect an incredible selection of LV products in the new store. For us most impressive is the amount of original art that you will be able to witness at the new maison. The new store showcases art by Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Michael Landy and others. Depending on the artist, you will find paintings, sculptures and installations on showcase.
The official opening ceremonies are going on tonight. Until you can actually make it our there, check out some images of the art on display after the jump. Also a small video on the creation and background of the new store after the jump.
Awhile back we gave you a look at Kiehl’s Earth Day collab product with Pharrell Williams, artist Jeff Koons, surfer Malia Jones and actress Julianne Moore. Today, the NY-based label has released David LaChapelle’s campaign shots of each celeb posing alongside their personalized bottle of Acai Damage-Protective Mist. Stunning. The bottles are available now here, with 100% of the net profits (up to $200,000) benefiting the Rainforest Alliance.
Jeff Koons and Malia Jones photos can be seen after the click.
Next in line to participate in the BMW Art Car series is none other than celebrated New York artist Jeff Koons, marking the 17th time that the German car maker has invited an artist to design a car. Yesterday the artist presented at a press conference the design of the BMW M3 GT2, that will take part at the famous Le Mans race later this year.
“In the spirit of Calder, Stella, Lichtenstein, Warhol, and Holzer, BMW announced today that the 17th Art Car created by Jeff Koons will race where the first rolling pieces of art by legendary artists raced – at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, June 12-13, 2010. Koons’ canvas is a BMW M3 GT2, which was homologated to compete at this year’s running of the world’s most famous endurance race.
In another nod to tradition, Koons will present the world premiere and sign his car at Paris’ Centre Pompidou on June 1, 2010, just as Roy Lichtenstein did in 1977.
Adding to the occasion, Koons released for the first time his preliminary design concept for the car today at a press conference in New York City. As part of his creative process, the artist collected images of race cars and graphics, vibrant colors and speed. He layered them into a digital collage depicting his sources of inspiration. The resulting graphic conceived by Koons – evocative of power, motion and light and rendered in the artist’s signature saturated hues on a black ground set against the car’s silver interior – will impart a dynamic appearance to the race car even when it’s standing still.”
The car will be presented at Centre Pompidou in Paris on June 1st.
Currently the Pop Life exhibition is on at the Galerie der Gegenwart in Hamburg. Among others, art by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Keith Haring is on display, bringing together a superstar cast of artists in one exhibition. Check out the video recap here above and if you have time, pass by the exhibition, which is on until May 9th.
Here is a full list of artists, who’s work is on display: Ashley Bickerton, Maurizio Cattelan, Tracey Emin, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Andrea Fraser, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Sarah Lucas, Edouard Manet, Takashi Murakami, Peter Nagy, Richard Prince, Pruitt & Early, David Robbins, Reena Spaulings, Elaine Sturtevant, Gavin Turk, Piotr Uklanski, Meyer Vaisman, Andy Warhol.
After having worked with Kaws previously, Kiehl’s has worked for Earth Day 2010 with Jeff Koons, Pharrell Williams, Julianne Moore and surfer Malia Jones as part of their “Friends of Kiehl’s” initiative on the Acai Damage-Protecting Mist in the form of collectors bottles, for which they each contributed the bottle label design. “Friends of Kiehl’s” strives to double their donation from 200 and would like to donate 200′000 USD of the proceeds of the sales to the Rainforest Alliance.
To support the initiative, celebrity photographer David LaChapelle will capture each personality in his unique style. Hopefully we can soon show you images of that as well.
UPDATE: We have exchanged the images for the correct product images, including some great close-ups of each bottle and artwork after the jump.
Nowness brings us an exclusive video of the “Skin Fruit” exhibition at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Curated by artist Jeff Koons, showcased are pieces selected from the collection of Greek businessman-philanthropist Dakis Joannou.
“Scoring some rare face time with the pop guru, filmmaker Alison Chernick followed Koons around the museum during the installation. Strolling up to sculptures by Charles Ray, Terence Koh and Liza Lou, Koons elucidates his selections—as well as his philosophies about capital-A art—in his trademark captivating educational lull.”
Most of you should know by know about the Pop Life exhibition going on at the Tate Modern. Pop Life features modern artists that understand the relationship between art and commerce and more importantly, make active use of it during their career. Participating artists include Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and more.
As part of the exhibition the Tate Modern has also launched the Pop Life store, offering product from all of these artists. The store also has an online home, so should you not make it out there, you can also shop the collection here.
