At Hang-Up we sometimes get asked the questions, 'Who is the most successful artist?', along with 'Who is your favourite artist?' - its always a hard one to them narrow down.  Well Flavorpill have just made the case for Jeff Koons to take the title of 'America's greatest artist' in a recently published article on their website.  As far as we're concerned - love him, loathe him or just don't really get it/him -  he sits at the top of his game, and is firm favourite of all the top galleries and mega-collectors. Furthermore he has assisted in making art accessible to the masses, okay, not from the point of view of ownership, but through an aggressive strategical stance in making art available in all number of venues. I am not sure that we would necessarily agree with Paul Laster  at Flavorpill and say that Jeff Koons is America's greatest living artist but he certainly one of the most successful at this time. 

Jeff Koons, Monkey Train, 2007. On view at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.

See the article from Flavorpill below.

Long a favorite of top galleries and mega-art-collectors, Koons is a perfectionist, who creates exquisitely crafted paintings and sculptures that reference ready-made objects — ranging from virginal vacuums displayed over bright lights and celebrities cast in ceramic or carved in wood to inflatable figures beautifully blown-up in shimmering steel and cartoon characters surrealistically captured in paint. With a goal making art accessible to everyone, Koons succeeds — with a little help from his friends — in turning Basel’s Beyeler Foundation and Frankfurt’s Schirn Kunsthalleand the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung into pop culture paradises, chock full of whimsical pieces, through the rest of the summer. Click through to view a whopping selection of our favorite works from all three venues.

Jeff Koons, Titti Tire, 2003 (Popeye). On view at the Liebieg Museum of Sculpture, Frankfurt.

Jeff Koons, Antiquity 3, 2011 (Antiquity). On view at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.

Jeff Koons, Popeye Train (Crab), 2008 (Popeye). On view at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.

Jeff Koons, Rabbit, 1986. On view at the Liebieg Museum of Sculpture, Frankfurt.

Jeff Koons, Tulips, 1995–2004. On view at the Beyeler Foundation.

Jeff Koons, Bear and Policeman, 1988. On view at the Beyeler Foundation. 

Jeff Koons, Hanging Heart (Gold/Magenta), 1994–2006. On view at the Beyeler Foundation.

Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Red), 1994–2000. On view at the Beyeler Foundation. 

Jeff Koons, Balloon Swan (Magenta), 2004–11. On view at the Beyeler Foundation.