JEFF KOONS CREATES ARTWOK FOR CHICAGO'S ADVOCATE HOPE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

RxArt, THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CURATES CONTEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS, AND KIEHL'S SINCE 1851, THE VENERABLE NEW YORK-BASED PURVEYOR OF FINE QUALITY SKIN AND HAIR CARE, HAVE PARTNERED TO BRING THE ARTWORK OF JEFF KOONS TO CHICAGO'S ADVOCATE HOPE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. KIEHL'S UNDERWROTE THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF WORKS BY WORLDS-RENOWNED POP ARTIST JEFF KOONS ON A CT SCANNER AND THROUGHOUT THE SCANNER ROOM. AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, KOONS' ICONIC CHARACTERS WILL FIND A PERMANENT HOME IN THE HOSPITAL'S RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, TO SOOTHE AND CHEER YOUNG PATIENTS AND BRIGHTEN THE TYPICALLY STERILE AND POTENTIALLY SCARY TESTING ENVIRONMENT. TO CREATE THE INSTALLATION, THE CT SCANNER WAS DISASSEMBLED AND PAINTED, AND DECALS FEATURING KOONS' MONKEYS WERE APPLIED TO THE MACHINE. HIS ICONIC BALLOON DOG, HANGING HEART AND DONKEY IMAGERY WERE ALSO INSTALLED TO BRIGHTEN THE ROOM AS WALLSCAPES. KOONS GENEROUSLY DONATED HIS ARTWORK AND TOOK NO FEE FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT. RxArt, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND AWARENESS THROUGH THE CHALLENGING YET REWARDING TASK OF ENGAGING YOUNG PATIENTS THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ART IN PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS. BY CURATING INSTALLATIONS IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS, RxArt PROVIDES A HUMANISTIC AND CREATIVE SURROUNDINGS THAT HELPS TO RELIEVE STRESS AND ANXIETY, WHILE INCREASING APPRECIATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART. KIEHL'S SINCE 1851 HAS BEEN SUPPORTING RxArt SINCE 2002. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.rxart.net.