The life-size porcelain sculpture depicts the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson leaning back on a flower bed.

They wear similar clothing, are colored homogeneously and parts of their bodies are paralleled with each other, such as Jackson's right hand and Bubbles' paw.

Koons artwork can be read as a comment on the great media interest that has been directed at Jackson's life as musician and as a private person.

But I always liked the radicality of Michael Jackson; that he would do absolutely anything that was necessary to be able to communicate with people.Koons has stated that he was also inspired by the triangular composition of Michelangelo's Pietà.

[7] Furthermore, the work's material reminds of catholic mass-produced figures of saints which are usually manufactured in porcelain and gold leaf.

[8] Koons claims that he wanted to depict Jackson as a new redemptive figure who enables people to discover their own cultural mythology.

In 2012 the Liebieghaus in Frankfurt attracted attention displaying Michael Jackson and Bubbles next to Egyptian mummies and thus established an aesthetic and ironic dialogue between the objects.