Jeff Koons: Banality Series Platter
Designed by Jeff Koons in collaboration with Bernardaud, this limited-edition oval platter features a reproduction of his sculpture Ushering in Banality (1988). To realize this polychromed wood work, Koons commissioned professional carvers from Oberammergau, a Bavarian village that has produced religious statuary for centuries.
Koons states, “With Ushering in Banality I felt that God was on my side and that I really didn’t care what anybody thought of this work. I think of this as autobiographical. That little boy in the back is me, I was ushering in banality. I felt that what I was doing was very moral, that’s why these cherubs are there.”
Producer: Bernardaud
Year: 2013
Material: Glazed Limoges porcelain in presentation box
Dimensions: 12 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (31.8 × 41.3 cm)
Edition: Edition of 4,500
Signed: Printed signature on verso
