Justine KoonsCake: Editions

Koons is always finding ways to create new myths, once only shared with family, and now shared with us. Throughout the years, she has made elaborate, personalized cakes for every family occasion. Consider her Cake (2024) and Cake (Rosette) (2024), which, according to Koons, refer to our self-mythologies: “The cakes are richly decorated and adorned thought bubbles. They represent the duality of our interior lives and public projection. It’s a balancing act—juggling domesticity with the entanglement of shared experiences and relationships.” Myths exist to be shared, and Koons’s myths have finally found their pedestals, their stages. Her myths are confections to be enjoyed, stories to be told, retold, and told once more. The telling only happens when she is good and ready. It’s about time.

Text by William J. Simmons, 2025.