Jeff Koons
One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
9 December 2011
Summary
An examination of a work that captures the spirit of the 1980s-commodification, seduction, and political inactivity.In Jeff Koons’s One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (1985), a Spalding basketball floats in the center of a glass tank that stands on a four-legged black metal structure. It has been called one of the defining works of the 1980s-but also described (by such critics as Craig Owens, Rosalind Krauss, and Hal Foster) as “an endgame,” “misleading,” and “repulsive.” The work presents what …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846380792 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846380790 |
| Author: | Michael Archer |
| Publisher: | Afterall Publishing |
| Imprint: | Afterall Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 9 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 152mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Afterall Books / One Work |
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About The Author
Michael Archer
Michael Archer is an art critic and Reader in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. The author of Art Since 1960, he has published essays on contemporary art in Artforum, Parkett, Art Monthly, and other journals.
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