4 vacuum cleaners, perspex and fluorescent lights
Pop Art and its Legacy
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
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New Hoover Convertibles Green Red Brown New Shelton WetDry 10 Gallon Displaced Doubledecker
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
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sculpture 4 vacuum cleaners perspex fluorescent lights
1 April 2009 – 21 March 2010
2010-03-21
1 April 2009 – 21 March 2010
2010-03-21
2009-04-01
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2009-04-01
Jeff Koons
Collection based display
19 March 2011 – 3 July 2011
2011-07-03
19 March 2011 – 3 July 2011
2011-07-03
2011-03-19
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/
2011-03-19
ARTIST ROOMS Jeff Koons
Collection based display
13 May 2012 – 2 September 2012
2012-09-02
13 May 2012 – 2 September 2012
2012-09-02
2012-05-13
Fondation Beyeler (Riehen/Basel, Switzerland)
http://www.beyeler.com
2012-05-13
Jeff Koons
Loan-out
11 May 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
11 May 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-05-11
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery (Brighton, UK)
http://www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info
2013-05-11
ARTIST ROOMS 2013: Jeff Koons
Loan-out
27 June 2014 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
27 June 2014 – 2 November 2014
2014-11-02
2014-06-27
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, USA)
2014-06-27
Jeff Koons Retrospective
Loan-out
9 May 2015 – 6 September 2015
2015-09-06
9 May 2015 – 6 September 2015
2015-09-06
2015-05-09
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Norwich, UK)
http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
2015-05-09
ARTIST ROOMS 2015: Jeff Koons
Loan-out
New Hoover Convertibles, Green, Red, Brown, New Shelton Wet/Dry 10 Gallon Displaced Doubledecker
displayed: 2510 × 1370 × 715 mm
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Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>In 1980 Koons exhibited a series of sculptures comprising of wall-mounted vacuum cleaners displayed in Plexiglas cases. Over the next seven years the artist produced several more configurations, using readymade objects in the creation of highly conceptual artworks. Referred to broadly as ‘The New’ these works explored the way our fantasies and desires are transferred on to ordinary objects. Gleaming seductively under the glare of fluorescent lighting, it is the newness of the 'New Hoover Convertibles' that gives them their appeal. Suspended in a state of ultimate perfection, Koons commented "if one of my works was to be turned on, it would be destroyed."</p>

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