Claes oldenburg and coosje van bruggen the menil collection, houston, texas may 9october 11, 2009 the exhibitions at the whitney museum of american art attest to the extraordinary breadth and conceptual cohesiveness of claes oldenburgs artistic vision. Claes oldenburg was born in 1929, a remarkable figure of americanswedish pop art. Born in 1929 in sweden, oldenburg spent much of his adolescence in the us, before moving permanently to new york in 1956. Much of oldenburgs early life was spent in the united states, sweden, and norway, a result of moves his father made as a swedish consular official. Contemporary artist claes oldenburg best known for his sculpture discussed by sara iepson, assistant professor art at community college of philadelphia. This is a list of public art by claes oldenburg and coosje van bruggen, also termed their large scale projects. In this respect, oldenburg is the most surreal of the pop artists and his sculptures are like surrealist dreams made real. If you like the work of claes oldenburg, then you can see more artists like claes oldenburg by visiting famous modern artists paintings sculpture and art. We had about 50 of them in different colors all lined up. From forum auctions, claes oldenburg, poster for claes oldenburg at sidney janis gallery 1967, lithograph printed in colours, on wove paper.
Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. Claes oldenburg born in stockholm, sweden is a famous sculptor from sweden, he is 91 years old and still alive, born january 28, 1929. Claes oldenburg is still changing what art looks like. Claes oldenburg by barbara rose, museum of modern art. Claes oldenburg is one of the artists of the midtwentieth century pop art movement. Dec 08, 2015 you could eat claess face, if you wanted to. Claes oldenberg interviews with abstract artists frank stella and larry poons, and a look at some of their work.
Apr 11, 2017 claes oldenburg and coosje van bruggens screwarch. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. His famed large scale sculptures stand with such stature and force that the viewer has no choice but to become involved with the piece. Claes oldenburg by barbara rose and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Happenings through his happenings, oldenburg extended his environments and assemblages into live art. Perhaps the bestloved artist of the pop art movement, claes oldenburg is known for his playfully surreal sculptures that find new meaning in the everyday objects by expanding them to a gargantuan scale or deflating them into floppy, funny shells. Published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition of the work of claes oldenburg in 1969 at the museum of modern art in new york. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. However, i know even less about artists, so i had no inkling that i would fall so hard for kusama.
In the midst of a wave of modernist painters who took themselves way too seriously e. Claes oldenburg is one of americas most innovate and influential artists, whose work is represented in every major museum around the world. Oct 16, 2017 claes oldenburg is still changing what art looks like the sculptor, firmly entrenched in downtown new york, is an original pop art star with an undeniable legacy. Claes oldenburg born january 28, 1929 is an american sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, coosje van bruggen, who died in 2009. The new york times for pure delight nothing in new york right now can quite match the claes oldenburg show at the whitney.
What many would see only as their mundane, everyday tools oldenburg sees as an opportunity for art. Claes oldenburg pays homage to his early work the new yorker. Art lives, from arthaus, is a powerful and arresting series of documentaries on artists. He took the idea of pop art beyond the flat canvas and into the world of sculpture.
Since the 1960s renowned artist claes oldenburg has been at the forefront of the conceptual and pop art movements. Claes oldenburg carrying street sign 1960 to the reuben gallery, new york, 1960. Giant hamburgers and soft toilets his images of consumerism, executed in disorientating materials and dimensions, and environments made claes oldenburg a key figure in pop art. He quickly became involved in performance art after moving to new york and meeting many performance artists. Claes oldenburg on his 1961 ode to possibilities claes oldenburg carrying street sign 1960 to the reuben gallery, new york, 1960. From his happenings beginning in the 1960s, to his enormous public sculptures of ice cream and rubber stamps, to his collaboration with his wife coosje van bruggen, oldenburg has remained at the forefront of the. Painting, printmultiple, sculpturevolume, photography, drawingwatercolor, objects. Claes oldenburg is a swedishborn american sculptor known for his innovative and humorous reconstructions of everyday objects in both largescale public installations and soft materials. Apr 14, 2017 claes oldenburg born january 28, 1929 is an american sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects.
I dont do abstract art because i dont find it as interesting as i do subjects and depictions. Oldenburg studied literature and art history at yale university, new haven, from 1946 to 1950. Claes oldenburg, swedishborn american popart sculptor, best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Claes oldenburg studied literature and art history at yale university and the art institute of chicago. Claes oldenburg poster for claes oldenburg at sidney. See more ideas about claes oldenburg, oldenburg and pop art. A trip to chicago is woven into these sequences, where oldenburg. Claes oldenburg was born january 28, 1929, in stockholm. Oldenburg is best known for his installations that represent a larger version of everyday objects, such as a trowel, a burger, a sausage in bread.
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, dali, and ernst. Claes oldenburg ran at the whitney museum of american art through september 6, 2009, synthetic through april 19, 20, and sites through may 3. Biography claes oldenburg is an american sculptor of swedish origin. Dropped cone collaboration with van bruggen claes oldenburg 2001 120 out of 23 load more list of all 23 artworks by claes oldenburg. His father was a swedish diplomat, who was appointed consul general of sweden in chicago, where oldenburg was raised. Pop art icon claes oldenburg achieved fame in the 1960s for his large scale sculptures of food and other ordinary household items. 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. Claes oldenburg artist bio and art for sale artspace. Claes oldenburg is known as a pioneer, and preeminent member of the pop sculpture movement of the early 1960s. By translating the medium of sculpture from hard to. Claes oldenburg by barbara rose, museum of modern art abebooks.
Oldenburg born 1929 and van bruggen 19422009 are married. Jul 12, 2011 contemporary artist claes oldenburg best known for his sculpture discussed by sara iepson, assistant professor art at community college of philadelphia. Today, his landscape art and large sculptures are modern monuments which have made this artist famous far beyond the art world. Mar, 2014 claes oldenburg is an american sculptor famous for his public art installations. Though thats a small group, the first one to pop into my mind was claes oldenburg, a postwar modernist whose work puts a genuine smile on my face, not simply one of bemusement. Claes oldenburg popularized soft sculpture in the 1960s with flaccid everyday objects such as a fan, light switch and drum set.
Claes oldenburg born january 28, 1929 is an american sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Thank you for visiting claes oldenburg artist paintings sculpture and art. Details and instructions on how to disable those cookies are set out in our. Claes oldenburg poster for claes oldenburg at sidney janis. Much of the art displayed is, of course, not oldenburgs alone. Much of the art displayed is, of course, not oldenburg s alone.
Claes oldenburg sculptures, bio, ideas theartstory. He makes massive replicas of everyday objects for public spaces. Nov 6, 2019 claes oldenburg is an american sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Claes oldenburg is an american sculptor famous for his public art installations. Claes oldenburg is still changing what art looks like the. Early life and education claes oldenburg was born in stockholm in 1929. He is known worldwide for his sculptures that find new meaning in everyday objects by expanding them to a. The two popart sculptures will make an interesting welcoming committee to guests as they move. His art features giant soft sculptures of everyday objects such as icecream cones, clothespins, and soggy hamburgers. While he was a baby, oldenburgs family moved to the united states, first settling down in new york, and from 1936 in chicago, where oldenburg lived until he attended yale university. This lesson plan is an introduction to textile painting and fabric assemblage, as well as sculpture.
Snapshots from the city, performance at judson gallery, judson memorial church, new york. Claes oldenburg at moma claes oldenburg is one of the bestknown american pop artists. Along with tom wesselmann, jasper johns, and allan kaprow, oldenburg is associated with the pop art movement. He went on to continually challenge the publics perception of. His oversized sculptures are instantly recognizable and have inspired countless artists. Claes oldenburg by barbara rose, museum of modern art abebooks passion for books. Claes oldenburg biography claes oldenburg on artnet. His father was a diplomat, and the family lived in the united states and norway before settling in chicago in 1936. By 1959, he had created drawings and collages of common objects and renderings of grotesque human figures. Oldenburg returned to the museum of modern art through august 5, 20.
Gathering inspiration from the world around him, claes oldenburg has dedicated his career to giving objects life. Since the 1960s claes oldenburg is one of the big names in the art world and of the early american pop art. Claes oldenburg is still changing what art looks like the sculptor, firmly entrenched in downtown new york, is an original pop art star with an undeniable legacy. Nov 21, 2016 claes oldenburg born january 28, 1929 is an american sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. View artworks listed within the last 30 days favorite listings. Today, his landscape art and large sculptures are modern monuments which have. The 54 minute documentary on pop art sculptor oldenburg was produced by the british itv network. What better time of year to kick back and put on a great art movie.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Claes oldenburgs alphabetgood humor returns crystal. With a prolific career spanning over fifty years, claes oldenburg has made a radical contribution to the history of sculpture by rethinking its materials, forms, and subject matter. His famed large scale sculptures stand with such stature. List of public art by oldenburg and van bruggen wikipedia. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, coosje van bruggen, who died in 2009 after 32 years of marriage. Summary claes oldenburg born in stockholm, sweden is a famous sculptor from sweden, he is 91 years old and still alive, born january 28, 1929. Claes oldenburg born january 28, 1929 is an american sculptor, best known for his public art. Claes oldenburg, the artist, leaned back in a rolling office chair and considered some sculptures made of canvas shopping bags fashioned into.
I am for an art that is politicaleroticalmystical, that does something more than sit on its ass in a museum, wrote claes oldenburg in his seminal 1961 manifesto i am for an art. This exhibition is devoted to oldenburgs soft sculptures, a body of work that he began developing in 1962. Claes oldenburg the sculptor, biography, facts and quotes. Claes oldenburg is the artist who created clothespin. Claes oldenburg, swedishborn american pop art sculptor, best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. To echo the old saying, i dont know much about art, but i know what i like. Clothespin by artist claes oldenburg museum without. For so many in the art world claes oldenburgs happenings. His subject matter is the everyday object food, clothing, mechanical devices, and the like which he reincarnates into witty and provocative. An anthology claes oldenburg, germano celant, national gallery of art u. In 1961 he rented a storefront, known simply as the store, in which he placed stuffed, crudelypainted forms resembling perishable goods, clothing, and other massmanufactured items that stupefied an audience acclimated to the austere, nonrepresentational forms in abstract. Begun in 1960, they related to his sculpture in their references to everyday life and their emphasis on visual and spatial relationships. When youre working with an object, you can put in almost anything you want.