Jeff Koons Atop The Met

All photos by thelexiphane at flickr

Jeff Koons' rooftop installation at The Metropolitan Museum opened today, featuring three stainless steel sculptures with transparent colored coatings. The three pieces are Balloon Dog (Yellow), Sacred Heart (Red/Gold), and Coloring Book, the last being the representation of a sloppily colored-in illustration of Piglet, from the Winnie the Pooh series.

The special exhibition opened today and will continue through October 26. The NY Times wrote the rooftop is "inhospitable site for sculpture," but "Their setting aside, Mr. Koons’s sculptures remain intellectually and sensuously exciting objects — 'Balloon Dog' is a masterpiece — and they are worth visiting under any circumstances." culturegrrl reports that Koons' "Tulips" was considered but ultimately deemed too big for the roof.

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By Dave Hogarty in News on April 22, 2008 2:14 PM

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MFer

Snooze alert. This is why art is irrelevant these days.

This is art for the investment banker set—eh, a few dollar short and a few months too late.

west side Michael

He ain't no Warhol(a).

Hey it's somebody else's money,anyway.

I think the Italian meta foundry he uses are

the artists but that is part of Koon's shtick.

PnonG

the masterpiece bar is set kinda low these days

Sinchy

So he is a master at reproducing everyday objects in larger than life stainless steel? Like he himself actually made the art, not a steel technician who is the real master.

EricRoberts

"'Balloon Dog' is a masterpiece"

really?

amsci

Heh, balloon knot.

SP

i love it. he has come a long, long way. i remember his show at the moma (was it in 93?) which was just a huge fuck you to the viewers and had very little in the way of aesthetic value. this stuff looks great though.

Rfive

The Met has had some disasters on the roof in recent year, i.e., Frank Stella, and now Koons. I look forward to each summer, spending time on the roof. Not this year...