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As a teenager, Jeff Koons was very influenced by the work of Salvador Dali, and in terms of blurring what exists in the world of commercial art and gallery art, has followed Dali’s lead. After attending the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, Koons worked as a Wall Street commodities broker while building his reputation as an artist. Like Andy Worhal of New York and the glass artist Dale Chihuly in Seatle, he has worked from large city loft spaces. Both Koons and Chihuly use other artists to do much of the actual 'hands on' work while the famous artist provides the vision and direction. His deliberately controversial and colorful personal life has helped him remain in the public consciousness, fueling his commercial success as an artist.

“Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.”

“I'm always trying to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, so that they feel open participation.”

                 

“I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It’s a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that’s taking place in the art gallery.”

“It’s always wonderful to come to an event. I know how in my life art has come in and really changed it, so to give these children that opportunity just to come into contact with art.”

- Jeff Koons  (1955- )

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Jeff Koons is a contemporary American artist who is known for his use of ‘kitsch’ a style that uses commercially produced items that are trite or crass. He worked as a Wall Street Commodities broker while establishing himself as an artist.

“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.”

- Jeff Koons  (1955-)

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