Lithograph on paper on canvas
Portraits
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jeff-koons-2368" aria-label="More by Jeff Koons" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Jeff Koons</a>
Made in Heaven
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
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
actor
adults
advertising
artist, multi-media
arts and entertainment
clothing and personal items
dress: fantasy/fancy
embracing
emotions, concepts and ideas
erotic
formal qualities
individuals: female
inscriptions
Koons, Jeff
lifestyle and culture
lying down
male
man
named individuals
nudes
objects
people
photographic
portraits
poster
printed text
reading, writing, printed matter
self-portraits
sex
sex and relationships
society
Staller, Illona, ‘La Cicciolina’
symbols and personifications
underwear
woman
work and occupations
paper unique lithograph canvas
1 October 2009 – 19 September 2010
2010-09-19
1 October 2009 – 17 January 2010
2010-01-17
2009-10-01
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2009-10-01
Pop Life: Art in a Material World
Exhibition
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
Made in Heaven
support: 3145 × 6910 × 5.5 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
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>This billboard poster is part of a project in which Koons made works depicting his sexual relationship with his wife, the Italian porn-star Ilona Staller, also known as Cicciolina. These provocative works show the naked couple in explicit poses and reference paintings by artists such as Edouard Manet to examine the place of sexuality in visual culture. Koons employed Ilona’s regular photographer and backdrops, to create the distinctive aesthetic associated with 'glamour' imagery. Blurring the boundaries between fine art and pornography, Koons challenged the conventions of artistic taste, encouraging his audience to make their own decisions about what is acceptable.</p>

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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions actor adults advertising artist, multi-media arts and entertainment clothing and personal items dress: fantasy/fancy embracing emotions, concepts and ideas erotic formal qualities individuals: female inscriptions Koons, Jeff lifestyle and culture lying down male man named individuals nudes objects people photographic portraits poster printed text reading, writing, printed matter self-portraits sex sex and relationships society Staller, Illona, ‘La Cicciolina’ symbols and personifications underwear woman work and occupations