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  • Jeff, Embrace Your Past (2014)
  • Short | 40 min | Short
Jeff, Embrace Your Past (2014)
Short | 40 min | Short
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 ...See moreIn 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 depicting himself and his wife Ilona Staller-also known as La Cicciolina, a famous porn star-in various acrobatic coital poses, had premiered the past year to enormous controversy, and his collected body of work, with its heavy use of readymades and its assembly-line style production methods, was already inspiring a question that continues to stoke debate: 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. See less
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Director
Roger Teich
Cinematographer
John Starr
Editors
Michelle Silva | Curtis Tamm
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Sep 17, 2014 (United States)

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John Caldwell's primary photo
John Caldwell
Self - The Curator Self - The Curator   See fewer
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Henry Koons's primary photo
Henry Koons
Self - The Father Self - The Father   See fewer
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Jeff Koons's primary photo
Jeff Koons
Self - The Artist Self - The Artist   See fewer
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Jeff Martin
Self - The Bartender Self - The Bartender   See fewer
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Ron Pernell
Self - The Stylist Self - The Stylist   See fewer
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Ilona Staller's primary photo
Ilona Staller
Self - La Cicciolina Self - La Cicciolina   See fewer
Skin Deep (1979)
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Norah Stone
Self - The Collector Self - The Collector   See fewer
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Norman Stone's primary photo
Norman Stone
Self - The Collector Self - The Collector   See fewer
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Thea Westreich
Self - The Consultant Self - The Consultant   See fewer
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Greg Wilson
Self - The Installer Self - The Installer   See fewer
Jeff, Embrace Your Past (2014)
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