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English[en]
His sculptural menagerie includes Plexiglas-encased Hoover vacuum cleaners, basketballs suspended in glass aquariums, porcelain homages to Michael Jackson and the Pink Panther, and glass depictions of himself coupled with his then-wife Ilona Staller, also known as La Cicciolina (a former adult-film star and member of the Italian parliament). Extending the legacy of Marcel Duchamp's readymades, and integrating references to Minimalism and Pop, Koons presents art as a commodity that cannot be placed within the hierarchy of conventional aesthetics.
Spanish[es]
Sus elementos escultóricos incluyen aspiradores en cajas de plexiglás, balones de baloncesto flotando en peceras de cristal, figurillas de porcelana de Michael Jackson y la Pantera Rosa, y vidrieras con imágenes de sí mismo haciendo el amor con la que entonces era su esposa, Ilona Staller, conocida como Cicciolina (Koons presenta el arte como un producto de consumo que no se puede incluir dentro de la jerarquía de la estética convencional.