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Jeff Koons: Popeye Series

Opens: 01/07/2009 Closes: 12/09/2009 Serpentine Gallery, London
It has arrived – the first British public gallery show dedicated to the work of Jeff Koons. Masterfully, he plays with themes of innocence, cunning and insidiousness, as captured in the Popeye Series featuring aluminium casts of inflatable pool toys. Surreal and spectacular. For more information visit: http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2008/06/jeff_koons_popeye_series2_july.html Buy: http://www.serpentinegallery.org/aboutus.html
 
The Observer“Not yet reviewed”
 
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Financial Times“He has begun to detain the viewer just a little longer than he used to...” There are enough hints in this latest show of real emotion, and perhaps a few stains in the wall-to-wall carpet of happiness, to suggest that a new post-kitsch Koons may be emerging...
 
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The Independent“A mind-numbing spectacle...” Sometimes it is quite difficult to know whether to laugh or to cry at the work of Jeff Koons. It seems utterly preposterous, almost beyond the most absurd critical joke, that anyone should take this stuff seriously at all...
 
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Guardian“Popeye and layers of abstract nonsense...” I think Koons wants to give us lots of innocent pleasure, with an art-savvy twist. Maybe he wants to save us from ourselves. This is art for a world with deep pockets and a short attention span...
 
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The Telegraph“Proves that happiness is contagious...” I’m enchanted by this new work and willingly surrender to its charm, even if somewhere I know perfectly well that this remarkable artist has simply become better at hiding what he’s up to...
 
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The Times“Duchamp is given a Disney appeal...” Koons, in some way, is trying to show us something beyond the literal. It is not just a scrupulous copy that he fabricates. He improves on reality. He makes it ideal...
 
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