Jeff Koons is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces. He lives and works in both New York City and his hometown of York, Pennsylvania. Some critics view his work as pioneering and of major art-historical importance, while others dismiss his work as kitsch: crass and based on cynical self-merchandising. Koons has stated that there are no hidden meanings in his works, nor any critiques. In 2013, Koons’s Balloon Dog (Orange) sold for $58.4 million, becoming the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction. Koons was born on January 21, 1955.
Note: It seemed fitting to model 8-bit Koons after his famous stainless steel Rabbit (1986), now owned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. A balloon replica of Rabbit (which itself was an enlarged cast of an inflatable plastic toy) floated through Times Square during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2007.
Big Bunny is a 20-foot-tall, fuzzy pink rabbit with a dubious appetite. A group of three “tasty” children—Lulu, Suzy and Sam—and their “crunchy” dog Muffin meet Big Bunny in the forest. Created in 2001, Big Bunny was the second web series by Amy Winfrey, with Peter Merryman as the voice of Big Bunny. Winfrey is the creator of the Nickelodeon show Making Fiends, as well as the web series Muffin Films. Her most recent animation series include Squid and Frog and Fun with Cobra. Delicious.
P.S. Happy New Year! Christmas is over, but you can still play with the holiday characters.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, are currently taking place from February 6-23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The European Hare (designed by Silviya Petrova, Chuvashia) was selected as one of three 2014 Winter Olympic Games mascots. The other two mascots are the Amur Leopard (by Vadim Pak, Nakhodka) and the Polar Bear (by Oleg Serdechniy, Sochi).
An anthropomorphic cartoon rabbit and mascot of Trix breakfast cereal. He debuted in a 1959 Trix television commercial. He continually attempts to trick children into giving him a bowl of Trix cereal. “Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!” is what this pathetic, begging rabbit is told every time.
Happy Easter or Happy Ostara! Here is a rabbit that carries around a basket of colored eggs and candy. The bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have its origins in Germany in the 1500s. German settlers introduced the Easter bunny to American folklore in the 1700s.
