topiary

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A look behind the scenes as artist Jeff Koons begins work installing the first of 50,000 flowering plants in his monumental topiary sculpture ‘Split-Rocker,’ which anchors LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

“Split-Rocker,” like Koons’ only other topiary sculpture, “Puppy” from 1992, was created as an edition of one, plus one artist proof.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

“Nobody who has seen a Coleus topiary has ever said to me, ‘Oh, that old thing?’”

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

His first was for his Broadway debut, as a sweet Iraqi topiary artist turned wartime translator, opposite Robin Williams in “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” in 2011.

From New York Times • May 23, 2023

The three topiary thrones had lost all their leaves.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan