For some of his monochrome "breakfast pieces," Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter Claesz chose a limited palette of earth tones to render a group of items again and again, organized differently from composition to composition. This use of repetition is echoed in Claes Oldenburg's "Shelf Life," a set of 15 mixed-media sculptures, each comprising a custom-made shelf upon which the contemporary artist has arranged a display of miniature objects that reference his most iconic works. Explore how ideas r

The creator of the Spoonbridge & Cherry fountain in his own words. | Almanac

Get 'em while they're hot! 🥧 Real or sculpture?... Through "Glass Case with Pies," Claes Oldenburg transforms a beloved comfort food into a sculpture that celebrates a classic pastry staple you would find in your favorite deli or diner. “I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself. My food is a humanized form and scale.” — Claes Oldenburg Take

Sunday Morning Passage Swedish-American artist Claes Oldenburg, who created outsized sculptures of ordinary objects that stirred conversations about pop art in public spaces, has died at age 93. Charles Osgood spoke with Oldenburg and his wife artist Coosje Van Bruggen in 1994. https://cbsn.ws/3PF6sda | CBS Sunday Morning