Jeff Koons on the moon: sculptures to be placed on lunar surface in NFT project
- The celebrated artist behind pieces like Balloon Dog will enter the world of non-fungible tokens with digital versions of the works being sent into space
- The physical sculptures in “Moon Phases” will be put on the lunar site in a transparent, thermally coated miniature satellite
American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, his gallery said on Tuesday.
Koons, one of the most celebrated and expensive living artists, is famed for kitsch pieces such as Balloon Dog and Rabbit, and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world.
His latest project “Moon Phases” consists of physical sculptures that will be left permanently on the lunar surface in a transparent, thermally coated miniature satellite, the Pace Gallery in New York said.
Koons will also make unique digital versions of the sculptures – marking his entry into the lucrative new world of NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
The sculptures will travel on the “Nova-C Lunar Lander”, designed by private company Intuitive Machines, and will be placed on the surface of the moon in the Oceanus Procellarum.