Amazing Jing for Life: UNIQLO to Launch Jeff Koons UT Collection Unique worldview of the master contemporary artist expressed through graphic tees

UNIQLO to Launch Jeff Koons UT Collection Unique worldview of the master contemporary artist expressed through graphic tees

0ctober 15, 2021

Global apparel retailer UNIQLO announced the launch of its first UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) collaboration collection with artist Jeff Koons, the American master who, for more than 40 years, has continued to produce some of the world's most impactful and influential contemporary art. The new Uniqlo T-shirt collection will focus on five of his iconic sculptures, expressed in the refined graphic style of UT. Items will be available in the Philippines from Monday, November 8.

Commenting on the collaboration, Jeff Koons says, "I enjoy very much how UNIQLO is in contact with my generation but also a younger generation. Everybody enjoys, very much, their clothing and I love that sense of unity. I hope that this collaboration will help people around the world to connect with each other and that art will enrich their daily lives."

"At Uniqlo, our support and collaboration with artists is our key wish to improve all people’s lives. Jeff Koons represents the positive power of art and its ability to transform who we are and the world around us. Jeff Koons is a source of imagination and commitment and we are extremely proud of our partnership," says John C. Jay, President of Global Creative at UNIQLO.

Respectful presentations, with designs that celebrate Koons’s dynamic art

The collection features images of five sculptures by Jeff Koons including Rabbit and Balloon Dog (Orange), which are among the 20th century’s most iconic artworks. The artworks selected for this collaboration celebrate the themes of self-acceptance, empowerment, and transcendence. The eight items that comprise this collection will also be sold at the Qatar Museums IN-Q giftshop during the solo exhibition Jeff Koons: Lost in America, presented by Qatar Museums, which opens in Doha this November.

About Jeff Koons

Born in 1955, in York, Pennsylvania, Jeff Koons is a contemporary artist based in New York. Since his first solo exhibition in 1980, his works have been exhibited in major museums, galleries, and cultural institutions around the world, including Rockefeller Center, the Palace of Versailles, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. He has received numerous awards and honors in recognition of his cultural achievements. Koons is also known as a philanthropist; over the last four decades he has been involved with many causes while also serving on the board of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC).

About the Qatar exhibition

The solo exhibition Jeff Koons: Lost in America presented by Qatar Museums will take place at the QM Gallery, Al Riwaq, in Doha starting November 21, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The exhibition will present more than 60 works, including the sculptures Balloon Dog (Orange), Rabbit, and Play-Doh featured in this collaboration. All eight items from the UT collection will be available for sale at the Qatar Museums IN-Q giftshop during the event (with a Balloon Dog (Orange) T-shirt offered in a unique color only available in Doha.

Collection Details

Launch date: Monday, November 8, 2021

Items: UT Shirts: 4 styles, Php 790 ; Sweat Hoodies: 4 styles, Php 1,490

Availability: Select UNIQLO stores in the Philippines, and via the uniqlo.com/ph online store

Special website: https://www.uniqlo.com/ph/en/spl/ut-collection/jeff-koons

*A portion of the proceeds from this collection will benefit the funding of Dadu, Children's Museum of Qatar, which is currently under development.

Rabbit, 1996

Jeff Koons in collaboration with Qatar Children's Museum

Gazing Ball (Standing Woman), 2014,

Jeff Koons, Photo: Rebecca Fanuele, cpurtesy Almine Rech in Collaboration with Qatar Children's Museum

Balloon Dog (Orange) 1994-2000

Jeff Koons, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging

courtesy of Mnuchin Gallery in Collaboration with Qatar Children's Museum

Seated Ballerina, 2010-2015

Jeff Koons, 2017 Fredrik Nilsen, Courtesy Gagosian in collaboration with Qatar Children's Museum

Play-Doh , 1994-2014

Jeff Koons, Photo : Tom Powel Imaging

In Collaboration with Qatar Children's Museum

About UNIQLO LifeWear

Apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building blocks of an individual’s style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people’s lives.

About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, Helmut Lang, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam and J Brand. With global sales of approximately 2.01 trillion yen for the 2020 fiscal year ending August 31, 2020 (US $19.06 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2020 rate of $1 = 105.4 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.

UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has more than 2,200 stores in 25 markets including Japan. In alphabetical order, the other markets are Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. U.S. and Vietnam. In addition, UNIQLO established a social business in Bangladesh together with the Grameen Bank in 2010, and today there are several Grameen-UNIQLO stores in Dhaka.

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