San Francisco (GaeaTimes.com) - Jeff Koons seems to be one of the hottest searches in Google right now as Google has introduced a new feature to select background images on Google Home page having option to select the images of the art works of Jeff Koons. If you see a giant balloon animal or a huge tin man on your Google homepage, you are probably viewing one of the awesome artworks of the New York artist Jeff Koons. He is known for his giant reproduction of banal objects. A few of his most well known creations are The Hanging Heart or the Puppy. The Hanging Heart is a light magenta colored heart with a golden ribbon weighing over 3500 pounds. The Puppy is made of flowers and is 43 feet tall.

The critics are divided about Koons works. The first group thinks that Koons work is pioneering and has major art historical importance. They are another group who think that his works are simple kitsch which have no hidden meanings in his artworks. Koons himself admitted that there is no hidden meaning of his artwork.

Born in York, Pennsylvania, Koons’ early life was spent through hardship as he went door to door after school for selling gift wrapping paper and candy and earned his pocket money. He studied painting at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Maryland Institute College of Art. He worked as a commodities broker while establishing himself as an artist. He is a great fan of Salvador Dali and has visited him at the Saint Regis Hotel in New York City.

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