[International Famous Artist]Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus

Size:50.5 x 25.5 x 40 cm
Material:lacquered polyurethane resin, maintenance kit, original custom flight case
Year:2013

Intro:Dom Perignon and artist Jeff Koons have unveiled the Balloon Venus for Dom Perignon in New York revealing a bottle of Dom Perignon Rose Vintage 2003. Inspired by the Venus of Willendorf, a tiny paleolithic figurine dated to around 23,000 BC, Jeff Koons Balloon Venus proposes a new kind of idol: a modern day goddess of love who embraces her beholder in reflective curves.
Quite appropriately Richard Geoffroy Chef du Cave of Dom Perignon described the 2003 rosé as “voluptuous, with a velvety texture and a hint of liquorice, but still with the minerality that is the signature of Dom Pérignon.” Koons has transformed the original statue into a smaller version where only 650 pieces will be released all hand made and made to order with a bottle of Dom Perignon Rosé 2003. The Venus is in effect a case for the Rosé, preciously guarding the bottle. Made of polyurethane resin and manually assembled, she is hand polished and available for a mere snip at 15,000 euros.

Artist Intro:
Jeff Koons plays with ideas of taste, pleasure, celebrity, and commerce. “I believe in advertisement and media completely,” he says. “My art and my personal life are based in it.” Working with seductive commercial materials (such as the high chromium stainless steel of his “Balloon Dog” sculptures or his vinyl “Inflatables”), shifts of scale, and an elaborate studio system involving many technicians, Koons turns banal objects into high art icons. His paintings and sculptures borrow widely from art-historical techniques and styles; although often seen as ironic or tongue-in-cheek, Koons insists his practice is earnest and optimistic. “I’ve always loved Surrealism and Dada and Pop, so I just follow my interests and focus on them,” he says. “When you do that, things become very metaphysical.” The “Banality” series that brought him fame in the 1980s included pseudo-Baroque sculptures of subjects like Michael Jackson with his pet ape, while his monumental topiaries, like the floral Puppy (1992), reference 17th-century French garden design.

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