Polychromed wood
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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Winter Bears
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
ambiguity
animal
animals: mammals
artifice
bear
clothing and personal items
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
furnishings
hat
humour
objects
ornament
people
scale
toys and models
universal concepts
visual illusion
waving
sculpture polychromed wood
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
1 November 2010 – 9 January 2011
2011-01-09
1 November 2010 – 9 January 2011
2011-01-09
2010-11-01
Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh, UK)
2010-11-01
Childish Things, Fantasy and Ferocity in Art 1980 - 1994
Loan-out
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
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
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
Winter Bears
displayed: 1245 × 1170 × 450 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>'Winter Bears' is one of a series of sculptures Koons produced for an exhibition entitled ‘Banality’ in 1988. They were created by skilled craftsmen who employed the same techniques used to produce Rococo ceramics and Bavarian sculptural woodcarvings. The artist’s subject matter derived from everyday experience and drew upon cult images that are recognisable and comforting. Based upon a child’s miniature ornament, 'Winter Bears' is the most obviously sentimental of the series. However, with its highly polished surface, gaudy colours and oversized scale, the sculpture is also strangely overbearing, serving to challenge conventional preconceptions of style and taste.</p>

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actions: expressive ambiguity animal animals: mammals artifice bear clothing and personal items emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities furnishings hat humour objects ornament people scale toys and models universal concepts visual illusion waving