Claes Oldenburg
Remembering Claes Oldenburg: reluctant Pop Art pioneer and maker of outsize sculptures
The artist denied that his huge sculptures of everyday objects were Pop Art, insisting he was not trying to make a comment consumerism or capitalism with them
A replica of a replica: Sturtevant's version of Claes Oldenburg's The Store to be restaged in London
Thaddaeus Ropac gallery will recreate a 1967 work by the American artist Sturtevant, which near-copied Oldenburg's 1961 installation as a comment on authorship and originality
Seminal Pop Art artist Claes Oldenburg has died, aged 93
“The one rule of my work is that it must not have any function,” Oldenburg said in an interview, “I begin by removing the function of the thing because it’s true function is to become an artwork.”
Art on the big screen: The art and lives of prominent 20th century artists
Documentaries on Julio González and Kazimir Malevich are particularly striking, while the Claes Oldenburg and Jasper Johns films are less so
Interview with Claes Oldenburg on his bitter-sweet new project: “The objects of today are not interesting”
Claes Oldenburg on his love of things, the loss of his wife and whether to accept a commission for Abu Dhabi