7 foot diameter Floor Burger (1962).
I attended another press preview on tuesday at the Moma for the Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store/Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing exhibition opening tomorrow, April 14 and ending August 5 2013. The morning began with coffee and pastry on the 6 th floor where The Street and The Store is being exhibited in one room. You can find Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing on the 2nd floor in the Marron atrium. This is my first encounter with the work of Oldenburg. I was delighted that the artist was present to speak for himself. He has been around since the 60's and is considered an innovator in the field of sculpture. Like many artists, he began working as a painter but quickly fell for the medium of sculpture. You can see however, the influences of certain styles of art and artists in his work like the style of abstract expressionism and Pollock; but he can be considered a pop artist. Oldenburg explained on a panel: "Put me on the Lower east side and you get a certain kind of work; put me on the upper west side, you get something" else. He spoke of a time when he did not have a lot of money: "I picked things off the street; use things like chicken wire, plaster and hardware paint and you've got a show."
As you walk through this show you find several floor sculptures like the one shown in the photo above (floor burger) made of soft materials like cloth and foam. You will learn that his innovateness in sculpture consisted of making soft works rather than hard sculptures. The floor burger is big enough to sleep on and the blt is like a sofa. Oldenburg said he liked making things he liked, such as food. There are also wall sculptures made of plaster and paint like the 7-up above.
Mouse museum is a fun house of miniatures and super sized toys and objects.
This show is fun!
Until August 5.
7 foot diameter Floor Burger (1962).
I attended another press preview on tuesday at the Moma for the Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store/Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing exhibition opening tomorrow, April 14 and ending August 5 2013. The morning began with coffee and pastry on the 6 th floor where The Street and The Store is being exhibited in one room. You can find Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing on the 2nd floor in the Marron atrium. This is my first encounter with the work of Oldenburg. I was delighted that the artist was present to speak for himself. He has been around since the 60's and is considered an innovator in the field of sculpture. Like many artists, he began working as a painter but quickly fell for the medium of sculpture. You can see however, the influences of certain styles of art and artists in his work like the style of abstract expressionism and Pollock; but he can be considered a pop artist. Oldenburg explained on a panel: "Put me on the Lower east side and you get a certain kind of work; put me on the upper west side, you get something" else. He spoke of a time when he did not have a lot of money: "I picked things off the street; use things like chicken wire, plaster and hardware paint and you've got a show."
As you walk through this show you find several floor sculptures like the one shown in the photo above (floor burger) made of soft materials like cloth and foam. You will learn that his innovateness in sculpture consisted of making soft works rather than hard sculptures. The floor burger is big enough to sleep on and the blt is like a sofa. Oldenburg said he liked making things he liked, such as food. There are also wall sculptures made of plaster and paint like the 7-up above.
Mouse museum is a fun house of miniatures and super sized toys and objects.
This show is fun!
Until August 5.
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