Jeff Koons’ Louis XIV Statue: Baroque and Postmodern Symbolism

Jeff Koons’ Louis XIV Statue: Baroque and Postmodern Symbolism

Louis XIV is a magnificent and impressive stainless steel statue by Jeff Koons having a lustrous surface that put emphasis on flamboyant and decorative forms of the plummeting or pluming downpours of hair. The beautiful structure has flowery openings and slits on the cuirass, as well as authoritative and intense gravity and weight resulting from the cold command’s sneer of the monarch. Notably, the sculpture’s execution took place in 1986 and reflects back to the era of the flamboyance and baroque.

As well, the statue mirrors Louis XIV’s lengthy reign of…