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+ | {{1.Official_Balloon_Infobox|title1 = Jeff Koons' Rabbit|image1 = 5e3a3c0cde0ff-triangle.png|caption1 = The balloon during its only appearance in 2007.|years = 2007|sponsor = Jeff Koons|height = 54 feet}}'''Jeffrey Koons''' is an American artist known for working with popular culture subjects and his reproductions of banal objects, such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces. He lives and works in both New York City and his hometown of York, Pennsylvania. |
== History with the Macy's Parade == |
== History with the Macy's Parade == |
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| − | In 2007, Jeff Koons teamed with Macy's to produce a balloon |
+ | In 2007, Jeff Koons teamed with Macy's to produce a balloon-based on one of his creations, Rabbit, in the 81st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as the second balloon in the [[Blue Sky Gallery]]. The balloon featured Rabbit in his normal pose, holding a silver, metallic carrot. Unlike [[Tom Otterness|his predecessor]] in the gallery, this balloon only made one appearance. After the balloon's retirement, It toured many Macy's stores and malls from 2007-2009, It is unlikely this balloon will ever return, due to several controversies with Jeff Koons and also due to the usual one-year tenure of Blue Sky Gallery entries. |
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| + | * [[Gallery: Jeff Koons]] |
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| − | In 2007, the wind caused Rabbit to come very close to crashing into the crowd. |
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Revision as of 20:16, 3 August 2020
Jeffrey Koons is an American artist known for working with popular culture subjects and his reproductions of banal objects, such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces. He lives and works in both New York City and his hometown of York, Pennsylvania.
History with the Macy's Parade
In 2007, Jeff Koons teamed with Macy's to produce a balloon-based on one of his creations, Rabbit, in the 81st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as the second balloon in the Blue Sky Gallery. The balloon featured Rabbit in his normal pose, holding a silver, metallic carrot. Unlike his predecessor in the gallery, this balloon only made one appearance. After the balloon's retirement, It toured many Macy's stores and malls from 2007-2009, It is unlikely this balloon will ever return, due to several controversies with Jeff Koons and also due to the usual one-year tenure of Blue Sky Gallery entries.