Jeff Koons' Hallucinatory Portrait of America

22 February 2022

Artist Jeff Koons reveals the surprising ways that everyday objects can reflect the potential within us all.

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Mirrored surfaces, bright colours and massive scale: Koons considers the meaning behind his work, speaking from the retrospective exhibition Jeff Koons: Lost in America, on view at Qatar Museums Gallery – Al Riwaq through 31 March 2022.

Jeff Koons at his exhibition, behind him are his public art displays of a orange balloon dog on the left and a play dough on the right

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About the Exhibition

One of the galleries of the exhibition Jeff Koons: Lost in America, with the artworks Balloon Dog and Play-Doh in the foreground

Jeff Koons: Lost in America

Some of Jeff Koons' best-known sculptures and paintings, alongside more recent works, are shown for the first time during this special exhibition.

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