Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Sculptor redirects here. ... La Joute by Jean-Paul Riopelle, an outdoor kinetic sculpture installation with fire jets, fog machines, and a fountain in Montreal. ... The Latin School of Chicago is a small, private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. ... Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? (1956) is one of the earliest works to be considered pop art. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... La Joute by Jean-Paul Riopelle, an outdoor kinetic sculpture installation with fire jets, fog machines, and a fountain in Montreal. ...

Oldenburg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a Swedish diplomat. As a child he and his family moved to United States in 1936, first to New York then, later, to Chicago where he graduated from the Latin School of Chicago. He studied at Yale University from 1946 to 1950, then returned to Chicago where he studied under the direction of Paul Wieghardt at the Art Institute of Chicago until 1954. For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... This article is about the state. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... The Latin School of Chicago is a small, private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. ... Yale redirects here. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is a fine art museum located in Chicago, Illinois. ...

While further developing his craft, he worked as a reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. He also opened his own studio and, in 1953, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. His first recorded sales of artworks were at the 57th Street Art Fair in Chicago, where he sold 5 items for a total price of $25.^[1] He moved back to New York City in 1956. There he met a number of artists, including Jim Dine, Red Grooms, and Allan Kaprow, whose Happenings incorporated theatrical aspects and provided an alternative to the abstract expressionism that had come to dominate much of the art scene. City News Bureau of Chicago, or City Press, was one of the first cooperative news agencies in the United States. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Jim Dine (born June 16, 1935) is an American pop artist. ... Red Grooms (born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937) is an American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life. ... Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 - April 5, 2006) helped to develop the Environment and Happening in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. ... A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered as art. ... Jackson Pollock, No. ...

The most memorable aspects of Oldenburg's works are perhaps, the colossal sculptures that he has made. Sculptures, though quite large, often have interactive capabilities. One such interactive early sculpture was a soft sculpture of a tube of lipstick which would deflate unless a participant re-pumped air into it. In 1974, this sculpture, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, was redesigned in a sturdier aluminum form, the giant lipstick being placed vertically atop tank treads. Originally installed in Beinecke Plaza at Yale, it now resides in the Morse College courtyard. Hewitt University Quadrangle (until 1917, University Court; informally, Hewitt Quadrangle or Beinecke Plaza) is a plaza at the center of the Yale University campus which is the home of the administrative buildings. ... Morse College is one of the twelve residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen. ...

Many of Oldenburg's giant sculptures of mundane objects elicited public ridicule before being embraced as whimsical, insightful, and fun additions to public outdoor art. In the 1960s he became associated with the Pop Art movement and attended many so-called happenings, which were performance art related productions of that time. The name he gave to his own productions was "Ray Gun Theatre". His first wife -(1960-1970) Pat Muschinski who sewed many of his early soft sculptures, was a constant performer in his happenings. This brash, often humorous approach to art, was at great odds with the prevailing sensibility that, by its nature, art dealt with "profound" expressions or ideas. But Oldenburg's spirited art found first a niche then a great popularity that endures to this day. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. ... Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? (1956) is one of the earliest works to be considered pop art. ... A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered as art. ... This article is about Performance art. ...

He has collaborated since 1976 with Dutch/American pop sculptor Coosje van Bruggen. They were married in 1977.

In addition to freestanding projects, he occasionally contributes to architectural projects, most notably the former Chiat/Day advertising agency headquarters in the Venice district of Los Angeles, California -- the main entrance is a pair of giant black binoculars. The advertising agency DDB is the current tenant. ddb consists of the BSD in-kernel debugger. ...

Another well known construction is the Free Stamp in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. This Free Stamp has a small, yet energetic cult following. Bums can often be found residing underneath the Stamp.

Soft Bathtub (Model)—Ghost Version by Claes Oldenburg 1966, acryllic and pencil on foam-filled canvas with wood, cord, and plaster. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC. Download high resolution version (600x800, 201 KB)Soft Bathtub (Model)—Ghost Version (1966), Claes Oldenburg. ... Categories: Museum stubs | Museums in Washington, DC | Art museums and galleries in the U.S. | Smithsonian Institution | National Mall ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...	Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen 1999, painted stainless steel and Fiberglas National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Typewriter Eraser, Scale X (1999), Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital photograph by User:Postdlf and released under the GFDL. The sculpture depicted is copyrighted, but the derivative use made here qualifies as fair use. ... The West building of the National Gallery of Art with the East building visible behind and to to the left The National Gallery of Art is an art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1937 by the Congress, with funds for... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...	Crusoe Umbrella by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, 1979, Cor-Ten steel painted with polyurethane enamel. Public art located in Nollen Plaza, Des Moines, Iowa Image File history File links Size of this preview: 651 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 943 pixel, file size: 441 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Crusoe Umbrella, 1979, by Claes Oldenburg, located in Des Moines, Iowa. ... “Des Moines” redirects here. ...	Clothespin by Claes Oldenburg, 1976. Public art displayed near Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia. The form of the sculpture is a visual pun referencing the tower of the nearby building. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 930 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Philadelphia City Hall and Clothespin (1976 sculpture by Claes Oldenburg). ... Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ...
The Bottle of Notes sculpture in Middlesbrough UK Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (751x699, 173 KB) Summary Bottle o Notes, Middlesbrough my imge Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the town in North East England. ...

Books

• Busch, Julia M., A Decade of Sculpture: the New Media in the 1960's (The Art Alliance Press: Philadelphia; Associated University Presses: London, 1974) ISBN 0-87982-007-1
• Axsom, Richard H., Printed Stuff: Prints, Poster, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg A Catalogue Raisonne 1958-1996 (Hudson Hills Press: 1997) ISBN 1-555951-23-6
• Oldenburg, Claes Raw Notes: Documents and Scripts of the Performances: Stars, Moveyhouse, Massage, The Typewriter, with annotations by the author. (The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Halifax, 2005) ISBN 0-919616-43-7
• Gianelli, Ida and Beccaria, Marcella (editors) Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen: Sculpture by the Way Fundació Joan Miró 2007

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Claes Oldenburg

• Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's website
• Oldenburg page at the Guggenheim Museum site
• An anthology of Oldenburg's work, includes brief bio
• National Gallery of Art Claes Oldenburg: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
• NET Television
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• Pop Art Masters - Claes Oldenburg
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