Diamond (red) by Jeff Koons Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Steel Dimensions: 31.8 x 39.3 x 32 cm Year: 2020 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?A familiar gemstone outline is made bodily and awkward: sharp red facets converge at a low point while looping gold forms complicate the sculpture’s balance and identity. Rather than relying on Jeff Koons’s broader reputation, this work can be read through its conversion of a luxury emblem into an ambiguous, handled object poised between jewel, trophy and vessel.The photograph shows broad triangular planes folding toward a pointed base. Three curved gold elements interrupt that angular structure, creating competing impressions of support, ornament and grip.The catalogue identifies steel as the medium. Its rigidity can sustain the crisp planar geometry and projecting loops, while the photographed reflective surfaces fragment highlights and surrounding white into the form.Encountering this sculpture allows close comparison between symbols of preciousness and the physical language used to manufacture them. Its uncertain function unsettles the immediate legibility expected of a diamond motif. About the ArtistJeff Koons Jeff Koons is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: American Contemporary artist known for his large-scale, kitsch-inspired sculptures.
