Basic Art Series Koons ceramic butterfly When Juan Gris and Pablo

When Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso started to fragment visual images and create Cubism

but also in the power to affront

Hybrid offers an exuberant mix of tradition and modernity

happy and fearless in our lives

Basic Art Series Koons ceramic butterfly When Juan Gris and PabloThe creations of Jeff Koons (born 1955) are at once immediately accessible and eloquently art historical. From basketball tanks to flower puppies, his instantly recognizable work frolics with banal imagery as much as it integrates cultural references such as Surrealism and Pop Art. Koons art revels in visual pleasure, but also in the power to affront. He has made his name as much for stainless steel rabbits as he has with his sinister sculpture of