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Puppy (sculpure)

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Copy of current version of Jeff Koons#Puppy, main redirect seems to be Puppy (Koons)

Puppy

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large sculpture Puppy by Jeff Koons in Bilbao
Puppy (head detail) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

Koons was not among the 44 American artists selected to exhibit their work in Documenta 9 in 1992,[1] but was commissioned by three art dealers to create a piece for nearby Arolsen Castle in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The result was Puppy, a 43 ft (13 m) tall topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy, executed in a variety of flowers (including Marigolds, Begonias, Impatiens, Petunias, and Lobelias)[2] on a transparent color-coated chrome stainless steel substructure. The self-cleaning flowers would grow for the specific length of time that the piece was exhibited.[3] The size and location of Puppy -the courtyard of a baroque palace- acknowledged the mass audience.[4] After the outbreak that followed his Made in Heaven series, Koons decided to make "an image that communicated warmth and love to people."[5] In 1995, in a co-venture between Museum of Contemporary Art, Kaldor Public Art Projects and Sydney Festival,[6] the sculpture was dismantled and re-erected at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sydney Harbour on a new, more permanent, stainless steel armature with an internal irrigation system. While the Arolsen Puppy had 20,000 plants, the Sydney version held around 60,000.[7]

The piece was purchased in 1997 by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and installed on the terrace outside the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.[8] Before the dedication at the museum, an Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) trio disguised as gardeners attempted to plant explosive-filled flowerpots near the sculpture,[9] but was foiled by Basque police officer Jose María Aguirre, who then was shot dead by ETA members.[10][11] Currently the square in which the statue is placed bears the name of Aguirre. In the summer of 2000, the statue traveled to New York City for a temporary exhibition at Rockefeller Center.[2]

Media mogul Peter Brant and his wife, model Stephanie Seymour, commissioned Koons to create a duplicate of the Bilbao statue Puppy (1993) for their Connecticut estate, the Brant Foundation Art Study Center.[12] In 1998, a miniature version of Puppy was released as a white glazed porcelain vase, in an edition of 3000.[13]

Algiers Commune

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En 1871, la ville se proclame Commune d’Alger, avant celle de Paris. En effet, la politique arabophile de Napoléon III ne fait pas l’unanimité parmi les Français d’Alger. Sous la bannière de Charles Lavigerie, ils s’élèvent pour dénoncer l’administration militaire et la politique impériale, « des civils partout » demeure la phrase emblématique de 1870. La chute du Second Empire y est accueillie avec enthousiasme. Autour de l’avocat Romuald Vuillermoz, Alexis Lambert, Ferdinand Lelièvre et Jourdan fondent le Comité républicain de défense de la ville d’Alger. Des centaines de Français descendent dans la rue pour demander le départ du préfet Warnier ainsi que celui de tous les fonctionnaires bonapartistes. La ville a sa commune, début octobre, Vuillermoz est élu maire d’Alger. Ce dernier écrit à Gambetta le 7 novembre pour lui demander le remplacement du pouvoir militaire par le pouvoir civil en Algérie, en cas d’absence de réponse, précise-t-il, « l’Algérie se fera d’elle-même ». La réponse est ferme : « Nous apprenons que vous faites le dictateur et que vous constituez une commission pour prépare l’organisation du conseil communal. Le gouvernement annule cet acte d’usurpation. Il vous engage et vous ordonne de cesser toutes ces violences de la loi qu’il ne peut tolérer plus longtemps... Prouvez nous votre patriotisme et vous aurez avant dix jours un gouvernement civil. » Lors des élections municipales du 5 février 1871, la liste de Vuillermoz l’emporte, le gouvernement civil est mis en place.

Brouard Island

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Brouard Island
Native name:
Île de Brouard
Brouard Island is located in France
Brouard Island
Brouard Island
Geography
LocationSaône
Coordinates46°25′55″N 4°53′15″E / 46.43194°N 4.88750°E / 46.43194; 4.88750
Length1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Width80 m (260 ft)
Highest elevation175 m (574 ft)
Administration
RégionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DépartementSaône-et-Loire
CommuneSaint-Albain
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Brouard Island is an uninhabited fluvial island on the Saône River, situated in the Saint-Albain municipality.

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https://www.lejsl.com/edition-macon/2018/01/28/sur-l-ile-du-port-brouard-on-rentre-en-barque

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  1. ^ Smith, Roberta (July 5, 1992). "ART VIEW; How Much Is That Doggy in the Courtyard?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Jeff Koons: Puppy, June 6 – September 5, 2000 Archived April 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Public Art Fund.
  3. ^ Angelika Muthesius: Jeff Koons. Cologne 1992. p. 32.
  4. ^ Hans Werner Holzwarth: Jeff Koons. Cologne 2009. pp. 375–376.
  5. ^ Angelika Muthesius: Jeff Koons. Cologne 1992. p. 33.
  6. ^ "Art Gallery of New South Wales – Archive – 1995 Jeff Koons". archive.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  7. ^ "Art Gallery of New South Wales – Archive – 1995 Jeff Koons". archive.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  8. ^ Gil, Lorena (October 14, 2007). "En el corazón de Puppy". El Correo (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  9. ^ Robinson, Walter (October 14, 1997). "Terror attack at Gugg Bilbao". Artnet. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  10. ^ Izarra, J.; Herrero, R. (October 14, 1997). "Atentado frustrado contra el Guggenheim". El Mundo. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008.
  11. ^ Muñoz, Juan Miguel (October 20, 1997). "Un sindicato policial dice que personas con antecedentes trabajaban en el Guggenheim". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  12. ^ Kaufman, Jason Edward. "Peter Brant and Stephanie Seymour put their contemporary art collection on show", The Art Newspaper, April 8, 2009.
  13. ^ Jeff Koons, Puppy (vase) (1998), Sale 3019, The Jan & Monique des Bouvrie Collection, Amsterdam, September 6, 2011.