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Michael Jackson and Bubbles by Jeff Koons…

[This piece is] part of the Banality show, gold polychromed statue that plays up a false aura or allure; kitsch and the hyperreal; the sacred vs. the profane.

Style: Koons commissioned Italian craftsmen to fabricate the sculpture for him; slick, shiny, seductive surfaceheightened for that hyperreal effect; turns the tradition of figurative sculpture into kitsch; false auras and the degraded sublime.

Context: late capitalistic, consumer-oriented society in which values are in question; object-lust, but objects emptied of soul, vanitas imagery and the hyperreal; after so many plastic surgeries Michael Jackson was already hyperreal even before Jeff Koons got to him; cult of celebrity. (via)

Guilty Yacht by Jeff Koons…

Art superstar Jeff Koons has landed another hit, and designed his first yacht. The “Guilty”, owned by art collector Dakis Joannou, features an extravagant artistic take by the US artist on the exterior. Of course, Sarah Morris’ text painting “Guilty” hangs on the wall of one bedroom - bought after the yacht was named.

Although the blown up print and poster colours will be familiar to art fans from Roy Liechtenstein’s signature Ben-Day Dots style, Jeff Koons actually based this design on a WW1 camouflage pattern. (via)