Jeff Koons' Split Rocker Topiary, Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza Main Entrance, NYC
Rockefeller Center has a new centerpiece — all 37 feet and 50,000 flowers of it. It’s Jeff Koons’ “Split-Rocker,” a mammoth topiary the Public Art Fund unveiled Wednesday at 30 Rock, right where the Christmas tree usually stands. Inspired by his son’s rocking horse and a toy dinosaur, Koons melded the two heads into one Picasso-like asymmetrical whole, with “handles” protruding from each side. Live flowers — begonias, geraniums, petunias and more — color the sculpture, watered by an irrigation system within its stainless-steel armature. If you’re feeling a sense of déjà vu, well, you should: Koons’ massive, flowery “Puppy” was unleashed on Rock Center 14 summers ago. But “Split-Rocker” is just the tip of Koons’ iceberg: His first New York museum retrospective opens Friday at the Whitney Museum of Art — five floors of the 59-year-old artist’s patented blend of innocence and erotica.
Size: 2700px × 3600px
Location: Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
Photo credit: © Patti McConville / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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