Is Claes Oldenburg still working?



AS HE APPROACHES his ninth decade, Oldenburg has slowed his once-furious pace of productivity, but he is still at work on public projects and large-scale sculpture.

Where does Claes Oldenburg work now?

New York

Prints and Drawings Rooms
Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years. Oldenburg lives and works in New York.

Is Oldenburg alive?





Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years. Oldenburg lives and works in New York.

Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg in 2012
Born January 28, 1929 Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish-American

Where are Claes Oldenburg sculptures?

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, U.S. d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, U.S. Centre Square Plaza, Philadelphia, U.S.

What was Claes Oldenburg’s most controversial work?

Soft Toilet

By the mid-1960s, Oldenburg was leading a full-fledged rebellion against the non-figurative sculptural tradition of Abstract Expressionism.



Where is Claes Oldenburg ice-cream?



Floor Cone is one of three large-scale soft sculptures that Oldenburg produced with his then wife, Patty Mucha, for the second exhibition of The Store, at New York’s Green Gallery. Simplified to cone and sphere, the sculpture is instantly identifiable as an ice cream cone.