Justine Wheeler Koons, the spouse of artist Jeff Koons, may have her personal solo present of artworks at Salon 94, opening on February 19. The present, titled “Delusion” will embody 12 glazed stoneware sculptures, all produced in 2024 or earlier this 12 months.
One of many works was described by Salon 94 founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn as “a blue torso of Venus—irresistibly coated in carved replicas of toys, formed cookies, and beads.”
In an essay by William J. Simons, Wheeler Koons spoke of the works within the exhibition as “a private archaeology, a journey to uncover what lies inside, hidden beneath the mass of collected experiences.”
Along with her artwork follow, Wheeler Koons additionally has run a jewellery line, Gus & Al, with Alison Brokaw since 2015. As a part of the publicity for the jewellery line, Wheeler Koons described her inventive course of to Harper’s Bazaar in 2015 and the way she returned to portray after struggling postpartum despair following the delivery of her youngest son. “For the primary time ever,” she mentioned, “I simply knew I needed to save myself one way or the other, and the one means I might consider was going again to the studio and portray so there was one thing of me left within the image. Portray is kind of a therapeutic course of.”
Wheeler Koons mentioned that after taking “a ton of photographs” whereas touring together with her household, she would composite them right into a collage. “It has a story and a narrative for me—loads about wanting and being checked out and methods of masking your self.”
When Harper’s Bazaar requested if the works would ever be on show in a gallery, Wheeler Koons replied, “I don’t suppose I can. Jeff has a really huge shadow. He casts a very huge shadow. That’s why I needed to do the jewellery. It’s inventive however utterly totally different from Jeff’s work.”
Colourful artworks by Wheeler Koons had been additionally featured in a New York Instances celebration report in 2015.
