Jeff Koons Basketball

Jeff koons one ball total equilibrium tank spalding dr.

Jeff koons basketball. 1646 x 831 x 393 cm executed in 1985. This work is number one from an edition of two. J silver series glass steel sodium chloride reagent distilled water and basketball. 1955 one ball total equilibrium tank spalding dr.

Jeff koonss science projects a floating basketball a giant mound of play doh an exact replica of the liberty bell. Rothkopf scott supervised by bernard blistene. Koonss one ball total equilibrium tank on view in the center of this gallery is striking in its utter stillnessand surprising in its quiet presentation of something that seems impossible. Centre pompidou 2014 p.

It was in 1983 that jeff koons first conceived of the idea of a water filled tank in which a solitary basketball would articulate an uncanny balance between aspirational dreams and existential reality by neither floating to its top nor sinking to its bottom but hovering perpetually in an ultimate state of equilibrium at its centre. 64 34 x 32 34 x 15 12 in. Jeff koons also sought to achieve balance in works that feature basketballs floating inside water tanks in a delicate equilibrium that can be upset by temperature fluctuations or vibrations.