This sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Bernardaud Group, France.
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'' What Art is able to do, it’s about acceptance. The highest state is the acceptance ofothers.”- Jeff KOONS 2009

The world famous Pop Art artist Jeff Koons, whose work has been an indicator of contemporary art, is a symbol of popular culture. Throughout his artistic career, he has explored the brand-new ready-made art method, experimented the boundary between avant-garde art popular culture, and challenged the limits of materialism. He is the holder of auction record of a living artist. Every move of his has always inspired and touched the nerves of the art world. He is the king of Kitsch.

Koons’ first show was staged in 1980, and he emerged onto the art scene with a style that blended several existing styles—pop, conceptual, craft, appropriation— to create his own unique mode of expression. From his first window display at the New Museum, as well as two monumental exhibitions “Equilibrium” in 1985 and “Banality” in 1988, the theme of the exhibitions was mainly exploring the trend of consumer fetishism in the radical capitalist world, the work shows the relationship between the public and material desires. Once Koons said, “Exploit the masses, Banality as saviour.” His sentimental but a lso sexual metaphor has its own innocence and duality. In 1991, “Made in Heaven” was a live sex show as well as a romantic show of true love, extremely expressing the ultimacy of the aesthetic of banality.

The show was the manifestation of his personal desire and intimacy, challenging the moral bottom line of the audiences. Jeff Koons' ''Celebration'' series has sleek shapes and bright saturated colors, conveying positive energy. Its delicate, attractive and reflective surface trigger different perceptions while enjoying. Balloons symbolize happiness. With its optimism, viewers can discover a new different world. The figure of the Swan has significant personal resonance for the artist; It was one of the first sculptures Koons Made at 9 years old in ceramic, for which the young artist diligently worked on to get the angle of the neck correct. The balloon swan took him over a year and a half shaping its graceful neck.

Generally speaking, desire is the commonality between all spiritual creatures, which is also the cultural commonality of human beings. The originality of art derives culture, and culture comes from everything in the society, including the commonality of the universe. A great artist has the ability to see the insights of it and express its true meaning. Desire has been deeply incorporated in the oeuvre of Jeff Koons.“Banality” is the manifestation of Consumerism; “Made in Heaven” is the purest sexuality of human instinct. “Celebration'' has elevated itself to a spiritual level - a pursuit of happiness. As the artist created the simple twisted balloon animals, he had an epiphany that the implicitness of its balloon animals shape has harmonized sexual energy and defines beauty as sexual harmony. The aesthetics of balloon
animals is extremely contemporary, with the beauty of modern sculptures simplicity, retaining only the necessary shapes, and the surface is more interactive with its seductive reflective transparent color coating. Jeff Koons once said: ''The animals in the celebration series have no hidden meanings, just pure happiness''. Under the theological point of view, the combination of male and female totem can be described as divinity. The ideation can explain why the works of Jeff Koons make it’s audience happy. We can also see the greatness of the artist in his artistic creation.