Jeff Koons is one of the highest paid, present day, artists.
His foray into the commercial aspects of design have produced, among others, the BMW design, a yacht named Guilty and Kiehl’s skin care products, which together with David LaChapelle, made this ad campaign.
His outdoor sculptures include live art in the gardens of Château de Versailles
and Puppy at The Guggenheim in Bilbao. His 'christmas ornament' or 'balloon' art work includes: Tulips in Bilbao and Balloon Dog (Yellow) and Sacred Heart on the roof top of the Met.
Today it was announced that in correlation with RxArt a non-profit dedicated to making hospitals an aesthetically more pleasing, therefore more healing, environment- Jeff Koons unveiled his latest project.
These images of The Advocate Hope Children's hospital in Chicago will make every parents heart tighten and I would like to commend Mr. Koons for waving the artist fee for this project. 
11 comments:
It rips your heart open to think of a child even having to be in this room but it warms it at the same time, seeing it this way. Beautiful, on many levels. It's amazing it took us this long to do something like this.
love the rxart mission statement. and w. saw the last image of the ct scanner and said "who's party is that mama?" well done, koons!
Pictures of his art are amazing and I'm sure doesn't do him any justice... Damns!
Amazing. What a wonderful person!
oxox
Denalee
I was shocked when his hanging Heart brought 26+ million at auction. I love his stuff but come on! Spend that money helping the homeless or neutering pets. So it is great to hear that he is generous with his art!
Amazing artist and talent. I love when art is used as it should be, to heal and make life better.
Oh boy, I'm so in love with the last 2nd & 3rd photos. So cute!
Kristy
Having lived in a Children's Hospital... that last one made me cry. really.
Incredible. Money can be so strange!
At least he's doing good things!
So wonderful that he did that. What a great gift for the kids. And I really love the Keihl's packaging too!
XO
Lenore
Okay, those balloon animals are simply amazing. So cute!
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