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"BALLOON RABBIT" Limited edition of 999 copies. Inspired by a rabbit-shaped balloon, Jeff Koons' Balloon Rabbit (Violet) is a limited edition red porcelain that is very reflective. The original sculpture, Balloon Rabbit, 2005-2010, weighs three tons and is more than four meters high; it is mirror-polished stainless steel with a clear varnish. But why a rabbit? Here's Koons' answer: "It comes from where I grew up in south central Pennsylvania, in rural areas. At certain times of the year, people decorated the gardens in front of their homes with items like reindeer at Christmas. In the spring, at Easter, they had inflatable rabbits. I have always been struck by the generosity of the neighbors who made others happy in this way. One of the things I'm most proud of is creating works that allow viewers to not be intimidated by art and to feel that they can fully participate in the works emotionally, thanks to their senses and their intellect. " PRICE & INFORMATIONS ON DEMAND. "BALLOON MONKEY" Limited edition of 999 copies. The limited edition of Balloon Monkey (Orange) by Jeff Koons transforms porcelain into a simple balloon in the shape of a monkey. Requiring seven years of production, the original work, Balloon Monkey (Blue), 2006-2013, is 3.80 meters long and weighs nearly five tons. This sculpture, in mirror polished stainless steel covered with a transparent varnish Since his beginnings, Jeff Koons has been interested in cultural themes that affect the greatest number. It is therefore not surprising that the monkey is a recurring motif throughout his work. In this respect, his most famous creation is the life-size porcelain work of 1988, Michael Jackson and Bubbles. The proximity of humans and primates has fascinated artists throughout the history of art; the monkey serves as an allegorical figure for universal themes such as the search for pleasure, sexuality and innocence. The original Balloon Monkey sculpture explores these overt themes in the mischievous form with a tumescent tail, an unmistakably phallic allusion. Koons fuses these typically contradictory notions by reducing the subject to its most essential forms; in so doing, he purifies otherwise conflicting sensations so that the viewer reaches a higher state of transcendence through self-acceptance. PRICES ON DEMAND