The pair married in 1977 after which point they officially collaborated on more than 40 site specific public works over three decades. Oldenburg met dutch born art historian coosje van bruggen in 1970 and soon she was suggesting tweaks to his monumental sculptures. An artist who gained prominence for his large scale installations in public space and moreover for being affiliated with the pop art movement claes oldenburg has made a number of astounding sculptures which are indeed oversized replicas of everyday objects most of those works were realized in close collaboration with his spouse art historian coosje van bruggen.
Floor cone floor burger and floor cake shown here were among the monumental structures based on comfort food fashioned by the artist in the early 1960s. Oldenburg introduced sculpture to pop art beginning with a series inspired by duchamp s readymades and the bluntly prosaic subjects chosen by pop artists like warhol and lichtenstein. Along with tom wesselmann jasper johns and allan kaprow oldenburg is associated with the pop art movement because my work is naturally non meaningful the meaning found in it will remain doubtful and.
Claes oldenburg is a swedish born american sculptor known for his innovative and humorous reconstructions of everyday objects in both large scale public installations and soft materials. They had been married for 32 years. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife coosje van bruggen who died in 2009.
Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Claes oldenburg is an american sculptor best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. See more ideas about claes oldenburg oldenburg sculptures.
Oct 24 2019 explore annie whitten s board claes oldenburg sculptures followed by 361 people on pinterest. In this respect oldenburg is the most surreal of the pop artists and his sculptures are like surrealist dreams made real. The notion of enlarging a diminutive everyday object and placing it in a landscape an idea integral to oldenburg s monumental public art comes to us from the surrealists such as magritte dalí and ernst.
Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife coosje van bruggen who died in 2009 after 32 years of marriage. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Claes oldenburg is an american sculptor best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects.
Much of oldenburg s early life was spent in the united states sweden and norway a result of moves his father made as a swedish consular official he was educated at yale university 1946 50 where.
Sculptures claes oldenburg art. Claes oldenburg born january 28 1929 is an 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. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife coosje van bruggen who died in 2009. They had been married for 32 years.
Claes oldenburg in full claes thure oldenburg born jan. 28 1929 stockholm sweden swedish born american pop art sculptor best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects.
28 1929 stockholm sweden swedish born american pop art sculptor best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. Claes oldenburg in full claes thure oldenburg born jan. They had been married for 32 years.
Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife coosje van bruggen who died in 2009. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Claes oldenburg born january 28 1929 is an american sculptor best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects.
