This is most definitely a word that would best describe Jeff Koon’s artwork. Some of his works are gaudy and extremely eye catching, others strangely average and mundane. Nevertheless, BMW has recently announced that Koons, a modern artist, will be designing and creating the next car in BMW’s Art Car series. He is going to become the 17th artist in the series, which also includes names like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jenny Holzer, to name a few. Last year, a Z4 was driven around a canvas with paint on the tires, so in this series, anything goes.
We won’t be seeing his work of art, which we are anxiously awaiting, until later this year, but it will most definitely go above and beyond what our expectations are. He is well known for his porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson and his chimp, Bubbles, and his ridiculously large replicas of balloon dogs, made out of colored metal. Another work he has done, is the Three Ball, 50/50 Tank, which is just 3 basketballs halfway submerged in a glass aquarium.
Koons has a very bi-polar approach to what he creates, in my opinion, and it will surely be interesting to see what he makes of the BMW. It has not been announced what kind of BMW he will be using, but regardless, whether he uses a Z4 or an X5, I’m sure whatever he designs will be amazing.
On the side, Koons is a Wall Street trader by day, which might explain the mundane and average creations he makes, and by night he is a modern artist, which also might be the reason for his “outlandish” creations.
His Hanging Heart, based on Mylar balloons sold for $23.6 million in 2007, the highest price for a work of art made by an artist still living. Whatever the reason may be for his inspiration, it works. Stay tuned for pictures of the new art car, for 2010.
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The BMW Art Car designed by Andy Warhol
