Claes Oldenburg
Stockholm 1929 - New York 2022
Photo credit D. James Dee / Courtesy Oldenburg van Bruggen Studio
It is not right to disdainfully throw away things that are part of our experience, for they are ourselves and worth the creation of a monument, even if only in painted plaster, with colors that make them live again.
Claes Oldenburg, Bride Mannikin, 1961. Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel, 220,98 x 101,6 x 93,35 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1985. Photo courtesy the Oldenburg van Bruggen Studio Copyright 1961 Claes Oldenburg. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Claes Oldenburg, Cigarette in Pack (Fragment), 1961. Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel, 81,28 x 76,2 x 17,78 cm. MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1986. Photo courtesy the Oldenburg van Bruggen Studio Copyright 1961 Claes Oldenburg. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Claes Oldenburg, Shirt with Objects on Chair, 1962. Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel, 99,06 x 73,66 x 63,5 cm. MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1984. Photo courtesy the Oldenburg van Bruggen Studio Copyright 1962 Claes Oldenburg. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano
Claes Oldenburg, Mu Mu, 1961. MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1984. Installation Villa Panza, Varese. Photo courtesy the Oldenburg van Bruggen Studio Copyright 1961 Claes Oldenburg. Photo Giuseppe Panza
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