Jeff Koons is most widely known for his exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in the summer of 2008. The exhibition showed Koon's latest work which consisted of larger than life, everyday objects transformed into art. His most famous pieces of art includes one of those balloon dogs that a clown would make for you at your friends birthday party and a handful of tulips; all of course enlarged. Almost all of his creations is made out of stainless steel and then coated with a mirror finish to give it the "balloon effect". It is said to be almost indistinguishable between his artwork and real balloon, other than the size difference. He makes the creases where you would tie the not and shines the part where the light would hit it giving it a realistic feel.
While Koon holds the title of having the most expensive piece of artwork ever purchased at an auction($23. 6 million from the Gagosian Gallery in New York), many critics frown upon his art work and call him a joke. They believe that his idea of art is childish and foolish. Some say that just because he has embellished items such as a balloon dog doesn't qualify it as art because he is simply recreating something. Critics say that Koon isn't all the original and that his art work is insulting to "true" artists.
Check to see more of Koon's work:
http://www.jeffkoons.com/
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