Jeff Koons Tulips Analysis

Jeff Koons was born in January 21, 1955 in York, Pennsylvania. From an early age, he obtained an interest in the arts from his father who was a furniture store owner and interior designer. After high school, he attended Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore where he received his M.F.A. In 1974, he attended a show in Whitney Museum, NY that inspired him to become an artist. “It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show”(Koons), it was thereafter that he enrolled at the school of Art Institute of Chicago to pursue his dream. Koons emerged as an artist in the 1980’s where he was influenced by Pop Art , and other appropriations of art. He is well known for having controversial topics in his work as a contemporary …show more content…
It is interpreted to cover the concept of celebration, desire and sex. The tulips are made of high chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating and the tulip itself is a cylinder shape. The sculpture gives an illusion of a weightlessness balloon and the colors gives it the joyful touch. Many connect this work with the desired sexual activity men want to obtain from a woman. Since the tulips displayed gives an illusion of sperm and tulips or any other flower is stereotypical for a man to give to a woman. The tulips are not bloomed therefore it shows that a man must show an act of kindness towards the lady to get what they want. The tulips will later bloom after the lady has fallen into temptation and the act of sexual activity is marked to be an action of celebration. The idea of romance and beauty is displayed throughout his work and flowers has been a thematic topic of his since 1979. The floral depicted is served as a celebration of beauty as well as prosperity in life. He emphasized their nature sexually in a way no other artists have. All of his work can be interpreted to have a sexual component to it some way or the other. Most of his work ties back to one's childhood from the toy shape he incorporated in