Oldenburg Vinyl Objects

He had created collages and drawings that played with the notion of massive domestic objects in public places but lipstick was his first large scale public artwork.

Oldenburg vinyl objects. There is humor in this transformation of a hard machine into a collapsible object which like salvador dalí s limp watches has a not too elliptical. American artist claes oldenburg born 1929 created works of art which were a wonderful blend of reality and fantasy. Oldenburg s giant soft fan was installed in the u s. Claes oldenburg created large scale soft and hard sculptures of everyday objects.

Where did he place these sculptures and why. In 1962 oldenburg discovered shiny vinyl fabrics available in many colors and found the material ideal for making malleable mutable objects as alternatives to the hard and fixed forms of conventional sculpture. Oldenburg s giant soft fan was installed in the u s. In addition his use of soft yielding vinyl gave the objects human often sexual overtones.

28 1929 stockholm sweden swedish born american pop art sculptor best known for his giant soft sculptures of everyday objects. There are also oldenburg works that make soft objects hard the smooth impersonal vinyl surfaces of giant soft fan are oldenburg s knowing inversion of the hard edge aesthetic of the 1960s. In the spring of 1963 oldenburg made his first sculptures in vinyl. American artist in full claes thure oldenburg born jan.

He placed these common objects in new spaces like art galleries and large outdoor areas giving them new meaning. He took objects from the everyday world such as typewriters lipstick a. Oldenburg s artistic success was due in part to his irreverent humor and incisive social commentary. Jun 20 2015 explore victoria l outerbridge s board claes oldenburg followed by 3718 people on pinterest.

Much of oldenburg s early life was spent in 8230. Pavilion at expo 67 in montreal and his work was also exhibited at expo 70 in ōsaka japan. In addition his use of soft yielding vinyl gave the objects human often sexual overtones. Oldenburg had been designing large scale vinyl versions of household objects since his green gallery exhibition in 1962.