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Super-Banalism and the Innocent Salesman

David Bowie
Modern Painters
Spring 1998

With his heart set on a career as an aritst, Koons did a spell at Maryland Institute College of Art, and then for real-life experience moved to the Art Institute of Chicago, shortly to become an assistant to Imagist artist Ed Paschke. "Ed showed me that subject matter was right there in the world. That really stayed with me." That wasn't all apparently. During the '70s, Paschke did a series of figure studies, and it's hard not to notice the puckered, seamed, vinyl bodies and luminous fabric backgrounds that have been two of the signature effects of Koon's own work.

*Jeff Koons was represented by Hudson at Feature during the mid-late 1980s. (art)n was represented by Feature 1986-1992. In 1997, (art)n began collaborating with Ed Paschke on a post-canvas virtual portraits PHSCologram series.