Made in Heaven

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Made in Heaven is a controversial series of sexually explicit sculptures and photographs by Jeff Koons that explores themes of celebrity, desire, and the commercialization of intimacy.

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Made in Heaven canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
photographic series ⓘ
sculpture series ⓘ
artist Jeff Koons ⓘ
completionDate 1991 ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
copyrightHolder Jeff Koons ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Jeff Koons ⓘ
depicts Ilona Staller ⓘ
Jeff Koons ⓘ
exhibitedAt Sonnabend Gallery ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
various international museums and galleries ⓘ
features explicit sexual acts ⓘ
genre contemporary art ⓘ
hasPart sexually explicit photographs ⓘ
sexually explicit sculptures ⓘ
inception 1989 ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
influencedBy celebrity culture ⓘ
mass media imagery ⓘ
pornographic photography ⓘ
languageOfWork visual language ⓘ
mainSubject celebrity ⓘ
commercialization of intimacy ⓘ
desire ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
pornography ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
painted wood sculpture ⓘ
photography ⓘ
polychromed wood ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
movement Neo-Pop ⓘ
linked to: Neo-pop

Postmodern art ⓘ
notableFor blurring boundaries between pornography and fine art ⓘ
controversial sexual content ⓘ
exploration of celebrity culture ⓘ
exploration of commodification of intimacy ⓘ
use of the artist’s own image ⓘ
notableWorkOf Jeff Koons ⓘ
partOf Jeff Koons oeuvre ⓘ
publicationDate around 1990 ⓘ

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Jeff Koons → notableWork → Made in Heaven ⓘ
Kelly McGillis → notableWork → Made in Heaven ⓘ