Mainstreaming Pop Art
So, even though it is called Pop Art, where the pop strands for popular, quite a bit of it still has not found its place in mainstream society. In fact a lot of developing pop art has not found a place in popular culture (which leads to the question, “is it still pop art?”). That is why it is nice to see one of the bigger names in pop art getting recognition in what could be considered one of the biggest popular culture crossover venues around.
Jeff Koons has been making pop art for close to 20 years now. Some of his best known work is taking inflatable toys, and then creating metal sculptures out of them, maintaining the appearance of being inflated, but with a permanence that can only be obtained from casting in metal.
In an odd twist, Koons’ iconic Rabbit sculpture of an inflatable rabbit made of highly polished stainless steel has been turned into a balloon for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Yes, you read that correctly: Koon’ steel sculpture of an inflatable rabbit was turned into an inflatable balloon. Someone somewhere is having a great laugh over this
