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Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.
- Pastry Case, 1961
‘Pastry Case’ was created in 1961 by Claes Oldenburg in Pop...
- Plug, 1970
Invincible [2024] Directed by: Vincent René-Lortie Written...
- Soft Bathtub (Model)—Ghost Version
‘Soft Bathtub (Model)—Ghost Version’ was created in 1966 by...
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Claes Oldenburg (* 28. Januar 1929 in Stockholm als Claes...
- Two Cheeseburgers, With Everything (Dual Hamburgers)
‘Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)’ was...
- Soft Drainpipe - Blue (Cool) Version
‘Soft Drainpipe - Blue (Cool) Version’ was created in 1967...
- Pastry Case, 1961
Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American Pop-art sculptor, best known for his giant sculptures of everyday objects. A few of his notable works include Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks and Spoonbridge and Cherry, the latter of which he collaborated on with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 18, 2022 · Unlike most of his Pop art peers, Oldenburg's work conveyed an unambiguously anti-war message at the height of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam. An alumnus of Yale, Oldenburg mobilized a group of students to assist him in creating a mixed-media anti-war monument in 1969 and initially installing it in the Beinecke Plaza on campus.
- American
- January 28, 1929
- Stockholm, Sweden
- July 18, 2022
Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.
Jul 19, 2022 · Claes Oldenburg’s audacious, witty, and profound depictions of everyday objects changed the way we understand and see art in the world. Beginning in 1962, his sculptures, prints, drawings, and installations appeared in more than 100 exhibitions at MoMA; 60 years later, his work is currently on view in our collection galleries.
In the late 1950s, Oldenburg entered the New York art scene, embracing the then-popular Happenings and pushing the limits of art by transforming ordinary-looking materials into blatantly expressive artworks. His early works included street signs, plaster garments, vinyl sculptures, and even an inflatable slice of pie.
