Porcelain art - Pink 21

Jeff Koons

2015 Porcelain with chromatic coating, manufactured by Bernardaud Limoges. 26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm (10.5 x 10.5 x 5 inches) The signature is placed on the back of the edition next to the handwritten edition number. The edition comes with a certificate.Balloon Dog is an emblematic work of the famous Celebration series, launched by Jeff Koons in the mid-1990s. Celebration works refer to certain times of the year (holidays and birthdays) but also to the celebration of the cycle of life. What else could more eloquently suggest the joy of children's parties than a colorful balloon, twisted into the instantly recognizable shape of a dog? According to the artist, “It's about celebration and childhood, color and simplicity, but it's also a Trojan horse. It is a Trojan horse for the whole work of art. Balloon Dog has the depth of an archaic sculpture. The monumental Balloon Dog sculptures have been crafted from precision mirror polished stainless steel and finished with a clear coating of blue, magenta, orange, red and yellow. Despite its ten feet and a ton of metal, no detail has been spared in the rendering of the Balloon Dog's shape. The artist's exacting standards are one of the most captivating aspects of Koons' art, as captured in the Porcelain Balloon Dog, which simulates the mirror-polished stainless steel of the monumental sculpture with its metallic finish, then attached to a reflective porcelain plate.