Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburgis 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. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen. Van Bruggen died in 2009 after 32 years of marriage. Oldenburg lives and works in New York...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth28 January 1929
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it.
My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.
There's always been a potential erotic possibility with objects.
Ox-Bow was a very free place, very open. You could do whatever you wanted to do.