Artist whose work you do not like

Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons , the contemporary artist and sculptor , is known for his kitschy art , which are at times sculptural and often remarkable in size Koons was recently named by ARTnews magazine as one of the 10 Most Expensive Living Artists , along with Jasper Johns , Lucian Freud , and others (Thomas , 2004 http /artnews .com /issues /article .asp ?art_id 1520 . As a young boy growing up in Pennsylvania , Koons was a big fan of Salvador Dali . He studied painting in the Art Institute of Chicago , and then worked as a broker while

trying to establish a name as an artist . He achieved popularity in the 1980s , and - in a manner reminiscent of Andy Warhol an artist he is often compared to - set up a factory-like SoHo studio with more than thirty workers , each one designated to a certain facet of his work

Koons began his career with conceptual structure , and one of his earliest works included 1985 's Two Ball 50 /50 Tank . This consisted of two basket balls floating in water , which half-fills a glass tank (Wikipedia , 2006 , http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeff_Koons . Critics have compared it to Damien Hirst 's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living . This work consisted of a formaldehyde-suspended shark in a glass tank

Koons ' collection of large stainless-steel blowups of toys (Wikipedia , 2006 , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeff_Koons http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeff_Koons , known as Statuary , followed Next came Banality , the climax of which was 1988 's Michael Jackson with Bubbles - then thought to be the largest ceramic in the world . It was a life-size gold-leaf plated statue of the sitting singer cuddling Bubbles , his pet chimpanzee (Wikipedia , 2006 , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeff_Koons http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeff_Koons . It was sold at Sotheby 's New York several years later for 5 ,600 ,000 - a new sales record for the artist

Koons was commissioned , in 1992 , to create a piece for an art show in Germany . He created Puppy , a statue of a West Highland terrier puppy thirteen meters tall and comprised of various flowers on a substructure made of steel . The sculpture was taken apart and transferred to Sydney Harbor in 1995 , and two years later was mounted on the terrace of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao . Since its relocation , it has become one of Bilbao 's most significant icons

Generally categorized as Post-Pop or Neo-Pop , Koon 's work is part of an art movement in the 80s that was created in reaction to the previous decade 's Conceptualism and Minimalism (http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeff_Koons . The artist has elevated unapologetically kitsch imagery into the realm of high art , as well as raised controversy , by portraying simple , everyday objects as artwork - again , reminiscent of Warhol , who was famous for his paintings of the ordinary Campbell 's soup can . An example of this kind of realm-transcending kitsch is his Balloon Dog , which is based on the balloon animals commonly seen in carnivals...