Arthur Solway, Author, Thomas Lawson, Author, Claes Oldenburg, Author Rizzoli International Publications $65 (157p) ISBN 978-0-8478-1335-3
The artist's Pop multiples--small sculptures produced in large editions--are alternately playful, subtle and outrageous. Such works as the latex Soft Ketchup Bottle or the giant Emerald Pill (an aspirin-popper's dream) can be read as critiques of...
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Claes Oldenburg, Author, Coosje Van Bruggen, Author, Castello Di Rivoli, Author . Skira $85 (367p) ISBN 978-88-7624-870-2
Claes Oldenburg first achieved fame in the 1960s with the expansive whimsy of his enormous cheeseburgers, lipstick canisters and other pop art sculptures. All the more disappointing, then, that this retrospective work with his wife and collaborator,
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Bruggen Van, Author, Claes Oldenburg, Author, Coosje Van Bruggen, Author Rizzoli International Publications $35 (234p) ISBN 978-0-8478-0946-2
For decades, pop artist Oldenburg has been transforming the ordinary into the fantastic with his imaginative sculptures of everyday objects. The 12-meter Giant Trowel in 1976 marked the start of a collaboration with his wife van Bruggen on their ``la
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