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This is a look at some of the prep work for Jeff Koons Split-Rocker, a monumental flower sculpture in the spirit of the artist’s iconic Puppy, which was exceptionally popular during its 2000 appearance at this same spot in Rockefeller Plaza.
Too large to fit at the Upper East Side Whitney Museum, Split-Rocker is a 37-foot tall head, half toy pony, half toy dinosaur, fused together into a strange, Cubist-inspired child’s rocking toy. Koons has planted the 150 ton statue with 50,000 flowering plants such as petunias, geraniums, begonias, fuchsias, impatiens, and marigolds, which will be watered by an internal irrigation system.

Description

This is a look at some of the prep work for Jeff Koons Split-Rocker, a monumental flower sculpture in the spirit of the artist’s iconic Puppy, which was exceptionally popular during its 2000 appearance at this same spot in Rockefeller Plaza.
Too large to fit at the Upper East Side Whitney Museum, Split-Rocker is a 37-foot tall head, half toy pony, half toy dinosaur, fused together into a strange, Cubist-inspired child’s rocking toy. Koons has planted the 150 ton statue with 50,000 flowering plants such as petunias, geraniums, begonias, fuchsias, impatiens, and marigolds, which will be watered by an internal irrigation system.