Claes Oldenburg Sculptures Floor Cone

Mucha recalls taking the work for a drive in a pickup truck along west fifty seventh street where the green gallery was.

Claes oldenburg sculptures floor cone.

Oldenburg introduced sculpture to pop art beginning with a series inspired by duchamp s readymades and the bluntly prosaic subjects chosen by pop artists like warhol and lichtenstein. 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 he was educated at yale university 1946 50 where. Oldenburg introduced sculpture to pop art beginning with a series inspired by duchamp s readymades and the bluntly prosaic subjects chosen by pop artists like warhol and lichtenstein. 28 1929 stockholm sweden swedish born american pop art sculptor best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects.

An artist who gained prominence for his large scale installations in public space and moreover for being affiliated with the pop art movement claes oldenburg has made a number of astounding sculptures which are indeed oversized replicas of everyday objects most of those works were realized in close collaboration with his spouse art historian coosje van bruggen. Floor cone was created in 1962 by claes oldenburg in pop art style. Claes oldenburg in full claes thure oldenburg born jan.