BMW Art Car 35th Anniversary
- Stacy Morris
Press Kit Contents
-
BMW Announces Jeff Koons' Art Car Will Race at 24 Hours of Le Mans / World Premiere at Paris' Centre Pompidou
- Biography: Jeff Koons
-
The BMW Art Car Collection
-
Chronological List of BMW Art Cars
-
BMW and Contemporary Art
-
BMW M3 GT2: The Legend Is Back on the Track
-
BMW M3 GT2: Technical Data
-
Motorsport and Series Production Go Hand in Hand
-
24 Hours of Le Mans: The Ultimate Challenge
Biography: Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons, one of the most celebrated artists of our time, was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1955. He studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1976. Mr. Koons lives and works in New York City and York, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Koons’ work has been exhibited internationally and is in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY), Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY), The National Gallery (Washington, DC), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, DC), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, CA), The Eli Broad Family Foundation (Santa Monica, CA), Tate Gallery (London, UK), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Museum Ludwig (Köln, Germany), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum (Tokyo, Japan), Château de Versailles (Versailles, France), Nationalgalerie Berlin (Berlin, Germany).
Mr. Koons is also known for his public sculptures, such as the monumental floral sculptures Puppy, shown at Rockefeller Center and permanently installed at the Guggenheim Bilbao, and Split-Rocker, exhibited at the Papal Palace in Avignon, France. In 2006, Balloon Flower (Red) was unveiled at 7 World Trade Center in New York City.
Mr. Koons has lectured at many universities and institutions, including Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), Yale University (New Haven, CT), Columbia University (New York, NY), New York University (New York, NY), the Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK), the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), and the Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, DC).
# # #