After discussing the work of Jeff Koonz in class recently, I decided to look a little closer at some of his art. When searching for his work, there were many of his balloon-like artwork of dogs in different colors like the one seen above. A lot of his art is similar to this; it is sometimes called "Neopop" or "Post-Pop", because of its classification as pop art. Koonz's work is sold for very high amounts of money; he has even set a record for most expensive piece of art sold. Usually it seems that artists have all sorts of hidden meanings or reasonings as to why they draw, paint or mold certain things. What is so interesting about Koonz is that he dismisses the possibility of hidden meaning completely. "A viewer might at first see irony in my work... but I see none at all. Irony causes too much critical contemplation." Koon's crucial point is to reject any hidden meaning in his artwork. "The meaning is only what one perceives at first glance; there is no gap between what the work is in itself and what is perceived." So does that mean when he is designing a big pink dog, he in fact is thinking of just that, and nothing else?
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