Artists:
Jeff Koons http://www.jeffkoons.com/
Jeff Koons has been the major inspiration for my current project ‘Balloon Dog’ which will be featured in the upcoming Apex Exhibition.
Damien Hirst http://www.damienhirst.com/
Hirst has been inspirational towards my work due to his approach to commercial art and making art to sell. His piece ‘For The Love Of God (2007)’ was one of the influences for my current project because of it’s market value.
Texts:
Swenson, G. R. (1963) What Is Pop Art? Answers From 8 Painters, Part 1. Art News, 62(1), 26.
This interview between Gene Swenson and Andy Warhol, describing his process. Warhol works in a machine like manner and my work comments on mass production within art.
Rothkopf, S. (2014) Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 17-30.
This book describes Jeff Koons’ work and describes ideas behind his ‘Balloon Dog’. This book explains how Balloon Dogs purpose was to sell and how it has managed to captivate audience’s desires through its surface in order to achieve maximum capital.