KOONS, JACKSON, BUBBLES 

Right about now seems like an appropriate time to write a quick Jeff Koons post, with MJ's sudden death and all. Below, "Michael Jackson and Bubbles", 1988. A ceramic a sculpture, this top-selling piece fetched $5.6m at a contemporary art auction. Very impressive, my hat goes off to you Mister Jeff Koons.





Koons is a controversial figure in the art world, and his previous exhibitions have featured toys and balloons, as well as a giant topiary puppy (below) outside the Rockefeller Center in New York. Much of Koons' work is conceptualized by himself but created by skilled craftsmen.











Jeff Koons is known for his giant reproductions of banal objects such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces, often brightly colored. Koons' work has sold for huge amounts including at least one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. Critics are sharply divided in their views of Koons. Some see his work as pioneering and of major art-historical importance. Others dismiss his work as crass and based on cynical self-merchandizing. Koons himself has stated that there are no hidden meanings in his works. I love Jeff Koons. If I could trade places with him, I would in half a heart beat. He wins on so many levels.