Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Jeffrey "Jeff" Koonsis an American artist known for working with popular culture subjects and his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces. He lives and works in both New York City and his hometown of York, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth21 January 1955
CityYork, PA
CountryUnited States of America
germany produce artwork
I produce a lot of my artwork in Germany.
my-family my-favorite activity
My favorite activity is to be with my family.
appreciate people looks
I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.
mean drawing long
I like my drawings to be direct. I don't generally work on them for too long, but that doesn't mean that they are not works in their own right.
nervous always-working ifs
I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.
art believe thinking
I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art world would probably be a tremendous reservoir for everybody involved in advertising.
I'm interested in power.
art touch-me
Nothing can touch me now - I'm Jeff Koons and my art can defend me !
art technology opportunity
The moment we live in is a great time to make art. We have different technologies to play with, and we're left with the opportunity to focus on our work.
years two done
If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that.
drawing tree missing
If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest.
art school fundraising
I went to art school... but I worked at the Museum of Modern Art. I worked in fundraising at the information membership desk. I ended up, over a period of time, doubling the amount of membership revenue that came in through people entering the museum, so people would ask me to come and work for them.
money financial protect
Anything you can do to protect the public and allow it to have the confidence that our financial controls are good is very, very positive.
spiritual moving civilization
As morality seems to have supplanted civilization, I move on to the spiritual.