Looking to find shine in a different form.
Jeff Koons plays with ideas of taste, pleasure, celebrity, and commerce. “I believe in advertisement and media completely,” he says. “My art and my personal life are based in it.” Working with lush commercial materials, such as the 'high chromium stainless steel' of his “Balloon Dog” sculptures or his vinyl “Inflatables”, shifts of scale, and an elaborate studio system involving many technicians, Koons turns banal objects into high art icons.
His paintings and sculptures borrow widely from art-historical techniques and styles; although often seen as ironic or tongue-in-cheek, Koons insists his practice is earnest and optimistic. “I’ve always loved Surrealism and Dada and Pop, so I just follow my interests and focus on them,” he says. “When you do that, things become very metaphysical.”
The images below, although they don't fit into my project necessary, however, the high shine made me think, what if I made my models skin shine like an oil painting not just have thick paint marks.
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