Art Basel, Miami Beach - Lévy Gorvy

Art Basel, Miami Beach

Miami Beach Convention Center
December 5 - 8, 2013

SEEING DOUBLE is an exhibition of works by John Baldessari and Jeff Koons that was on view at the gallery’s booth (K11) at Art Basel Miami Beach, December 5-8, 2013. This pair of artists deploys affectlessness, kitsch, and humor in an effort to reflect American culture in all of its banal glory and glorious banality.

In their paintings, sculptures, and mixed media works, Baldessari and Koons appropriate the by-products of American industry – synthetic Hollywood images, erotic advertising come-ons, and the perfect likeness of mass-produced consumer goods. Baldessari’s manipulations of found images appear deliberately imperfect, while Koons’ exact facsimiles of found products convert mundane consumer goods into precious aesthetic objects. Each artist achieves a striking balance between seductiveness and banality and, with uncanny awareness, points to the complex illusions to which we are all vulnerable.

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New York Observer | Flying Solo

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Collector Daily | Photography Highlights from Art Basel Miami Beach

December 6, 2013

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Bloomberg | Miami Event to Offer More Than $3 Billion Worth of Art

December 4, 2013

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Vogue | 15 Highlights You Can't Miss at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2013

December 3, 2013

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