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16 lis 2023 · Swedish-born American sculptor Claes Oldenburg took everyday objects that we all know and makes them enormous – makes them monumental, even larger than the h...
Artist / Sculptor Claes OldenburgContent0:00Alphabet in the Form of a Good Humor Bar 19700:04Blue Toilet 19650:08Counter and Plates with Potato and Ham 19610...
Oldenburg emerged as a Pop artist in the early 1960s with his so-called “soft” sculptures of quotidian objects, such as this work. Here he transforms the toilet—a factory-produced, rigid porcelain symbol of modern hygiene—into a hand-sewn, pliable object made of stuffed vinyl.
One of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Claes Oldenburg is known for his soft sculptures, performance pieces, and installations, as wel...
Like the human body, which it resembles in its lumps, bumps, folds, and crevices, soft sculpture is literally subject to the force of gravity to a degree that rigid sculpture is not. Gravity, which Oldenburg calls his “favorite form creator,” determines the final form a piece will assume.
Open access. Claes Oldenburg, Study for a Soft Toilet, 1965. Wax crayon and watercolor on paper, sheet: 11 11/16 × 9 in. (29.7 × 22.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President 2002.29. © Claes Oldenburg.
Early soft sculptures include Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich) (1963), French Fries and Ketchup (1963), and Soft Toilet (1966). Monumental Sculptures As he became increasingly immersed in sculpture, Oldenburg expanded the dimensions of his work.
