Jeffrey "Jeff" Koons (born January 21, 1955) is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such asballoon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces. He lives and works in both New York City and his hometown of York, Pennsylvania.
His works have sold for substantial sums of money, including at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. On November 12, 2013, Koons’s Balloon Dog (Orange) sold at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York for $58.4 million, above its high $55 million estimate, becoming the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction.[1] The price topped Koons’s previous record of $33.7 million[2] and the record for the most expensive living artist, held by Gerhard Richter, whose 1968 painting, Domplatz, Mailand, sold for $37.1 million at Sotheby’s in May.[3] Balloon Dog (Orange) was one of the first of the Balloon Dogs to be fabricated, and had been acquired by Greenwich collector Peter Brantin the late 1990s.[4]
Critics are sharply divided in their views of Koons. Some view his work as pioneering and of major art-historical importance. Others dismiss his work as kitsch: crass and based on cynical self-merchandising. Koons has stated that there are no hidden meanings in his works,[5] nor any critiques.[6]
To me, I like Jeff Koons artwork because I am very interested in borrowing many sorts of sculptural ideas which was linked to 3D sculpture. I really like how Jeff Koons designed a sculpture balloon dog and how he actually uses metal or wood to make a balloon dog. Even though, I like the balloon dog that was made out of metal and it was actually looks like a real balloon dog.
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To me, I like Jeff Koons artwork because I am very interested in borrowing many sorts of sculptural ideas which was linked to 3D sculpture. I really like how Jeff Koons designed a sculpture balloon dog and how he actually uses metal or wood to make a balloon dog. Even though, I like the balloon dog that was made out of metal and it was actually looks like a real balloon dog.
