Claes Oldenburg Sculptures, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
WEBJul 18, 2022 · Learn about Claes Oldenburg, the American sculptor who pioneered Pop art sculpture with his giant, soft, and humorous forms. See his famous works, such as Floor Cake, a five-foot-high triangle of frosting and ice cream.
Claes Oldenburg - Wikipedia
WEBClaes Oldenburg (1929-2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor known for his public art installations of large replicas of everyday objects. He was a pioneer of pop art and soft sculpture, and collaborated with his wife Coosje van Bruggen on many projects.
Claes Oldenburg’s Supersized Pop Sculptures Made Public Art Fun
WEBJan 27, 2017 · He went on to create a series of large-scale public sculptures far too big for a gallery. From immense ice cream cones to colossal clothespins, each one monumentalizes the everyday in Oldenburg’s signature tongue-in-cheek style.
Claes Oldenburg & His Colossal Pop Art Sculptures - Artland …
WEBClaes Oldenburg was an American sculptor who created large-scale replicas of ordinary consumer products. He used materials like plaster, vinyl, foam, and steel to make his colossal public art projects, such as the Clothespin in Philadelphia and the …
Claes Oldenburg, Who Transformed Everyday Objects Into …
WEBJul 19, 2022 · The Swedish-born American artist created large-scale public sculptures of familiar items, such as a clothespin, a typewriter eraser and a spoon. His work challenged the definition of art and...
Claes Oldenburg - MoMA
WEBClaes 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 | Biography, Art, Sculptures, & Facts
WEBClaes Oldenburg was a Swedish-born American Pop-art sculptor, known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. He collaborated with Coosje van Bruggen on many large-scale projects, such as Spoonbridge and Cherry, …
Claes Oldenburg - MoMA
WEBFloor Cone is one of three large-scale soft sculptures that Oldenburg produced with his then wife, Patty Mucha, for an exhibition of The Store, at New York's Green Gallery. Simplified to cone and sphere, the sculpture is instantly identifiable an ice cream cone.
The Really Big Art of Claes Oldenburg | Smithsonian
WEBClaes Oldenburg is a Pop artist who creates large-scale sculptures of everyday objects, such as spoons, flashlights and clothespins. He and his wife Coosje van Bruggen have collaborated on...
Claes Oldenburg, artist who created massive urban sculptures
WEBJul 19, 2022 · NEW YORK (AP) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93....
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