Claes Oldenburg Pop Artist

Oldenburg in “The Store”, a production and exhibition site modeled after the Mom & Pop corner store

Table of Contents

1. Claes Oldenburg Biography

2. Photos of Oldenburg monuments

3. Art Lesson: Large, paper mache

Sculptures of common objects

Claes Oldenburg wasBorn in Stockholm,

Sweden in 1929

In 1976 he beganMaking large-scale

Sculptures in collaboration with

Coosja van Bruggen,Whom he married

In 1977

Son of a consulgeneral, he Moved to

Chicago, IllinoisIn 1936

He attended YaleUniversity and in 1956 Moved toNew York City

Where he beganMaking replicas

of food

In the manner ofPop artists, he usesOrdinary, everyday

Objects as hisSubject matter

Batcolumn Chicago, Illinois 1977

A 100-foot-tall monument for a city that supports two major league baseball teams

Clothespin 1976Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976

In this tribute to the 1976 Bicentennial, the line down the center of the pin could be viewed as an update of the cracked Liberty Bell

Garden Hose Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

1983

“I make my work out of my everyday experiences”

Cross Section of a Toothbrush with Paste, in

a Cup, on a Sink Krefeld, Germany 1983

“I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life”

Knife Ship IILos Angeles, California 1986

A Swiss army knife was transformed into a medieval Venetian rowing galley and traveled

to museums throughout the world from 1986-88

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Minneapolis, Minnesota 1988

A fountain sculpture with water flowing over the surface of the cherry and a fine mist rising from its stem ( the Cherry was Coosje’s idea!)

Buried Bicycle Paris, France 1990

This sculpture makes it seem as if there is a giant bicycle buried halfway underground, lying on its side. It becomes playground equipment which children can climb up or slide on

Binoculars Venice, California 1991

Main entrance to the Chiat/ Day advertising agency, in collaboration with architect Frank O. Gehry

Free Stamp Cleveland, Ohio 1991

An inspiring Pop Art monument that represents our liberty as American citizens

Match Cover Barcelona, Spain 1992

This 68 ft. high monument was built for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona

Shuttlecocks Kansas City, Missouri 1994

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is changed into an imaginarybadminton net and its grounds into a playing field

Torn Notebook Lincoln, Nebraska 1996

Inspired by Oldenburg’s lifelong process of developing ideas in small notebooks that he carries with him everywhere

Needle, Thread and Knot

Milan, Italy 2000

Flying Pins Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2000

As host to the World Cup games, and to mark the

millenium, the city commissioned this “eye catcher”

Dropped ConeCologne, Germany 2001

The cone shape echoes the spires of the Cathedral and other churches that rise above the buildings of Cologne

ScrewarchRotterdam, the Netherlands

1983

Split Button Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1981

This 5,000 lb. button is located on the University of Pennsylvania campus where students play on it,

eat lunch on it, and sleep on it!

Crusoe Umbrella Des Moines, Iowa 1979

“I am more of a still-life painter -- using the city as a tablecloth”

Trowel 1Otterlo, the Netherlands 1976

“I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all . . . “

Balancing Tools Weil am Rhein, Germany 1984

“Art is a technique of communication”

Saw, Sawing Tokyo, Japan 1996

Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks New Haven, Connecticut 1969-

74

Installed during the Vietnam Era, this monument became the focus for student protests on the Yale campus

Flashlight Las Vegas, Nevada 1981

First designed to resemble the neon sign of the Dunes Hotel,

it ended up being turned upside-down with its surface

being divided into ridges resembling a cactus

Collaborate with your team to create a large, paper mache sculpture, similar to one Claes Oldenburg would think of, usinga common, every-day object as yourinspiration

Pop Art Assignment

Credits

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