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Claes oldenburg
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- 2. Claes Oldenburg wasborn in Stockholm, Sweden but came to the United States and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He took classes at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His first sales of artworks were at a art street fair in Chicago, he sold 5 items for a total price of $25.
- 3. His first sculptureswere soft. Like this sculpture made of foam and canvas called Soft Bathtub.
- 4. This picture showshow his sculptures look in an art gallery.
- 6. Does this makeyou hungry?
- 7. What about TwoCheeseburgers ? These are made of burlap and plaster.
- 9. This one iscalled Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks.
- 10. Claes always carefullydrew his ideas. He began making larger hard sculptures out of metal.
- 11. He is mostfamous for the colossal sculptures that he made in partnership with his late wife, Coosje van Bruggen.
- 12. Together they designedSpoonbridge and Cherry in 1985.
- 13. This giant sculptureis in The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in Minnesota.
- 14. This spoon stretchesout over a pond.
- 15. Claes has giganticsculptures all over the world.
- 17. Saw, Sawing (Tokyo,Japan)
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- 20. This apple coreis in Pennsylvania.
- 22. Dropped Cone (Cologne,Germany)
- 23. This giant FreeStamp is in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 24. My mother warnedme to avoid things colored red. --Claes Oldenburg
- 25. The Giant RubberStamp was created by Claes Oldenburg. The 28 feet tall by 48 feet wide stamp was commissioned by the Amoco Oil Company in 1985. It was intended to be displayed in Amoco's lobby but ended up in storage in Indiana for seven years. In 1991, it was donated to Cleveland.
- 26. The word freehas several meanings. In this case free was designed to parallel the freedom of slaves but also -- because the stamp pressed down on the word free -- that many today still are not free."