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Such important early collaborations from the 1980s—including models for Spitzhacke (1982), Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s contribution to documenta 7, and The Entropic Library (1989)—will be presented in dialogue with sculptural renditions of everyday objects of labor and leisure created in the 1990s and 2000s, and which range in scale from modest to monumental.
Together with Oldenburg, van Bruggen received numerous awards including the Distinction in Sculpture, Sculpture Center, New York (1994); Nathaniel S. Saltonstall Award, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (1996); Partners in Education Award, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2002); the Medal Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2004) and honorary degrees from the ...
Oldenburg and van Bruggen co-created over 40 site-specific public sculptures, each playfully interacting with its environment. Among these is Flying Pins (2000), a road-side assembly of tumbling tenpins situated at an intersection in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands; and Spoonbridge and Cherry (1988) at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden of Walker Art Center, where a bright red cherry sits atop a ...
Oct 7, 2022 · Remembering Claes Oldenburg, who died aged 93 on 18 July 2022, we revisit our 2021 article celebrating his partnership with Coosje van Bruggen, as the duo’s final work together, Dropped Bouquet, was realised and exhibited at Pace New York’s ‘Claes & Coosje: A Duet’
American sculptor Claes Oldenburg was best known for his large-scale replicas of everyday objects. He believed that his colossal public art projects were more than mere celebrations of the mundane, as he is frequently associated with the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.
Jul 19, 2022 · Claes Oldenburg, whose large-scale public sculptures elevated the mundane and pulled art closer to everyday life, died on July 18 at age 93. Over a six-decade career, the American Pop Art icon ...
Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects.
