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Jeff, Embrace the Past- Documentary Film by Henry Rosenthal
Jeff, Embrace the Past- Documentary Film by Henry Rosenthal

Sat, Apr 16

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San Francisco

Jeff, Embrace the Past- Documentary Film by Henry Rosenthal

Jeff Koons, who, at a boyish 37, was an art-world sensation. His series "Made in Heaven," a set of photo-realist paintings depicting himself and his wife Ilona Staller-also known as La Cicciolina, a famous porn star-in various acrobatic coital poses.

Time & Location

Apr 16, 2022, 4:00 PM

San Francisco, 2 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

About the Event

In 1992, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opened the first major museum retrospective of the work of Jeff Koons, who, at a boyish 37, was already an art-world sensation. 

His series "Made in Heaven," a set of photo-realist paintings depicted himself and his wife in various acrobatic coital poses. The documentary film asks: "Is Koons a canny media critic, or a cynical market-reader trading in re-purposed junk, or something ineffable?" 

Roger Teich and Henry S. Rosenthal's compelling, keen-eyed time-capsule work, filmed on 16mm at and around the opening of the exhibit, gives unprecedented access to Koons, features the last on-camera interviews with Jeff's father, Henry Koons and exhibition curator John Caldwell, and leaves that question tantalizingly open. 

The result is a multi-sided portrait of a man whose work continues to raise difficult, probing questions about the role of the artist in society.

Tickets

  • General Admission (1 person)

    50 percent of all ticket revenues go towards the filmmaker.

    $10.00
    +$0.25 service fee
    Sale ended
  • General Admission (2 persons)

    50 percent of all ticket revenues go towards the filmmaker.

    $15.00
    +$0.38 service fee
    Sale ended

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