Artworks created in 1988

Jeff Koons controversial sculpture of Michael Jackson & bubbles

Sculptures / 6 minutes of reading

Michael Jackson and Bubbles is a larger-than-life-sized gilded porcelain rendering of the late king of pop, Michael Jackson, and his chimpanzee pet, Bubbles. It’s based on a press photo of the two, and it is nearly indistinguishable from that image. Just like in the vacuum cleaner series, Jeff Koons reimagines the pop star as …

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Alighiero Boetti’s beautiful Maps of the World

Textile art / 7 minutes of reading

The story behind Boetti’s Maps of the World The Mappa tapestries are some of the most important works by Alighiero Boetti. Upon his first arrival in Afghanistan in 1971, Boetti began a continuous collaboration with local weavers to produce embroidered tapestries, using himself only as the referential artist but considering the works a creation of …

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Artworks created in 1988

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