Artist Sells Play-doh Outside of Jeff Koons Retrospective

Artist Jon Burgerman poked a little fun at the king of modern day pop-art outside of his Retrospective at the Whitney Museum.

The piece in question is the Jeff Koons sculpture 'Play-Doh' which is made from aluminum and is basically just made to look like a giant pile of Play-Doh.

The artist set-up a table outside of the museum with glass boxes of, well, Play-doh. These were deemed 'Small Editions'. And no, they weren't done with aluminum or some other fancy material, they were creating using real Play-Doh.

They probably took less than a minute each to create. And yet, passers-by were intrigued and 'provoked' by the artistic statement. And you guessed it, paid the artist money for these piles of Play-Doh.

Call it an homage to the pop-artist, but it would seem the artist had a bigger message.

At the end, a young boy stated 'It's just a big pile of Play-Doh". In response, the artist states "It's tough to argue with logic like that, really".

And hence the joke.

It's no secret that most artists despise Jeff Koons for a multitude of reasons. He is incredibly wealthy, successfully, plagiaristic, opportunistic, and produces VERY expensive art.

But instead of running into the exhibition to ruin a few pieces and get attention, Jon chooses a much more subtle and powerful way to get his message across. See for yourself: