Jeff Koons
Overview
Jeffrey "Jeff" Koons is an American
artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals
produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces.
Koons' work has sold for substantial sums of money including at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. The largest sum known to be paid for a work by Koons is Balloon flower (Magenta) which was sold at Christie's London, on Monday, June 30, 2008 (Lot 00012) in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, where it sold for £12,921,250 or $25,765,204.
Critics are sharply divided in their views of Koons.
United States
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artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals
Balloon modelling
Balloon modelling or balloon twisting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into almost any given shape, often a balloon animal. People who create balloon animals and other twisted balloon sculptures are called Twisters, Balloon Benders and Balloon Artists...
produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces.
Koons' work has sold for substantial sums of money including at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. The largest sum known to be paid for a work by Koons is Balloon flower (Magenta) which was sold at Christie's London, on Monday, June 30, 2008 (Lot 00012) in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, where it sold for £12,921,250 or $25,765,204.
Critics are sharply divided in their views of Koons.
Quotations
Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class.
Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to affect mankind, to make the world a better place.
I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.