Apollo Kithara

polychromed PMMA and animatronic snake
92 x 43 5/8 x 30 1/3 inches
233.6 x 110.7 x 77 cm
© Jeff Koons
2019-2022

Photos by Eftychia Vlachou and detail by Giorgos Sfakianakis


Apollo Kithara

Details

Apollo Kithara

polychromed PMMA and animatronic snake
92 x 43 5/8 x 30 1/3 inches
233.6 x 110.7 x 77 cm
© Jeff Koons
2019-2022

Photos by Eftychia Vlachou and detail by Giorgos Sfakianakis

EXHIBITED: 

Jeff Koons: Apollo. Slaughterhouse, A DESTE Project Space, Hydra, Greece [June 21 - October 31, 2022]

Machine Room of The Gods: How our Future was Invented. Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt, Germany [March 8 - September 10, 2023]

LITERATURE: 

Anna Wichmann, "Artist Jeff Koons Displays Artwork on Greek Island of Hydra," Greek Reporter, June 29, 2022 (color ill.) 

Ted Loos, "Loving Art to the Moon and Back," The New York Times, June 23, 2022 

Giannis Konstantinidis, "Jeff Koons in Hydra: Response from a breathtaking report," LiFO (Greece), June 23, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view)

Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 

Eleni Varvitsioti, "Koons installation lights up Greek island for his collector friend Dakis Joannou," Financial Times, July 1, 2022 (color ill.) 

Linda Yablonsky, "Sun Worshippers," Artforum, July 3, 2022 (color ill.) 

Isabella Prisco, "Sull'isola di Hydra, il dialogo metafisico tra contemporaneo e antico di Jeff Koons," Elle Decor, July 13, 2022 

"Jeff Koons presents Apollo in Hydra," Neos Kosmos (Australia), August 2 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view)

"In Pictures: See Jeff Koons's Luxurious Art Offerings to Apollo, God of the Sun, on the Greek Island of Hydra," Artnet News, August 5, 2022 (color ill.) 

Natalie Martin, "Greek God Apollo Shines Over Hydra," Greek City Times, August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view)

"The best exhibitions of summer 2022 and beyond: Europe," Christie's, August 15, 2022

"Apollo in the slaughterhouse," Detektor (Germany), September 1, 2022 (color ill.) 

Evi Kallini, "In the mind of Jeff Koons: A conversation with the artistic advisor of the DESTE Foundation, George Tzirtzilakis," Glow (Greece), September 9, 2022

Bill Powers, "From Hydra to the Moon," MUSE Magazine, September 16, 2022

Judith Benhamou, "Le temple de Jeff Koons bientôt détruit, Les Echos, September 28, 2022 (color ill. Hydra installation view)

Catherine Taft, "Catherine Taft on James Welling," Artforum, November 1, 2022

Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Jeff Koons: Der Mythos Des Apollon," Kunstforum, January-February 2023 (color ill.) 

Jasmin Schülke, "Das Liebighaus und der Maschinenraum der Götter," (Text in German) Journal Frankfurt, March 7, 2023

Yvonne Koch, "Liebieghaus begibt sich zurück in die Zukunft," (Text in German) Hessenschau, March 9, 2023

Thomas Stillbauer, "Es philosophiert und glänzt so schön," (Text in German) Frankfurter Rundschau, March 10, 2023 (color ill. p. 27)

Christoph Schütte, "Jeff Koons besucht das Städel und das Liebieghaus," (Text in German) Frankfurter Allgemeine, March 10, 2023 (color il. p. 33)

"Qui es-tu Apollon? De L'Antiquité à la culture Pop," ed. Tiphaine A. Besnard, Fabien Bievre-Perrin, Elise Cousin, Jonas Paretias (Oissel-Sur-Seine: Editions Octopus, 2023) (color ill. p. 113) 

Dario Pappalardo, "Jeff Koons: “Il ritorno degli Dei/Return of the Gods,” Robinson Copertina no. 345, La Repubblica (Italy), July 15, 2023, (color ill. p. 4)