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He lives and works in both new york city and his hometown of york, pennsylvania his works have sold for substantial sums. Conversations with norman rosenthal is an essential reference for those who wish to understand better the life and art of one of the worlds most notorious contemporary artists. He trained at maryland institute college of art, baltimore ba 1976, and worked as a wall street commodities broker before embarking upon his career as an artist. Internationally renowned artist, jeff koons, is set to install some of his most famous works in the. Jul 03, 2008 even for three months, jeff koons at versailles is a mistake. Mar 01, 2009 this volume presents a marriage made in camp heaventhe splendid extravagance of the palace of versailles as a backdrop for the gregarious, loud and equally extravagant sculptures of contemporary american pop artist jeff koons, who mounted the first contemporary art exhibition ever in the apartments of the king in september 2008. In the 1980s he won international recognition as a radical exponent of neogeo an american movement concerned with appropriation and.
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