Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is an American artist noted for his use of kitsch items in his artwork.  His work is large scale, ranging from paintings to sculptures.  He takes items from ‘childhood’ memories and takes them to the next level.  He makes them large scale, such as sitting thirty feet outside a building, to taking up an entire gallery wall with one painting. 

Koons uses kitsch items to portray artwork that people don’t really want to look at.  Why would we consider kitsch items are?  Who would use these items anyways?  Jeff Koons would.  He breaks boundaries with his work that we wouldn’t have thought were there, or would go there ourselves.  His art is different in itself because the objects or subjects he used wouldn’t normally be scene in a gallery setting, but at a trailer trash old woman’s house where it is considered fine art. 

Koons takes the obscene items from our past and shouts them out for the world to see.  His sculptures make statements in their size and his paintings are just outrageous.  He takes advantage of what is kitsch and what is art and questions us on thinking differently.  You just have to ask yourself, is what Koons does art? 

Balloon Dog (Magenta), 1994-2000. Jeff Koons. High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating



Puppy, 1992