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Ahead of its Christie's auction on 9 October, a huge sculpture by Jeff Koons has gone on display to the public in a London park.
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00:00So, this is Jeff Koons' Balloon Monkey Blue.
00:22It is one of the majestic six-meter tall inflatable sculptures by Jeff Koons, and he made them
00:29in five unique variants, red, magenta, yellow, orange and the blue version that you see here.
00:39You think it might be light and airy, and in fact it's actually weighty and solid, so
00:44he has this playfulness between the concept of lightness and heaviness, but he brings
00:49joy to children and to clearly grown-ups.
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