Jeff Koons: A Retrospective chronicles the work of Jeff Koons, with insightful analyses and illustrations of thirty-five years of iconic pieces alongside preparatory works and historical photographs.

Examining one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume features an engaging overview essay in which Scott Rothkopf carefully examines the evolution of Koons’ work and his development over the past thirty-five years. In addition, short essays by a wide range of interdisciplinary contributors—from academics to novelists—probe provocative topics such as celebrity and media, markets and money, and technology and fabrication. Also included are preparatory sketches and plans for sculptures and paintings as well as installation photographs that shed light on Koons’ artistic process and trace the development of his work throughout his landmark career.
 
Koons has risen to international fame making art that reimagines and recontextualizes images and objects from popular culture such as vacuum cleaners, basketballs, and balloon animals. Created with painstaking attention to detail by a team of fabricators, these objects raise questions about taste and popular culture, and position Koons as one of the most lauded and criticized artists working today. 

Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art