Tag: Claes Oldenburg
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Philadelphia – Claes Oldenburg
In Front of the City Center building downtown Philadelphia. I am a huge fan of Claes Oldenburg. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a Swedish diplomat stationed in New York. In 1936 his father was transferred to Chicago where Oldenburg grew up, attending the Latin School of Chicago. He studied at Yale University from…
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Cupid’s Span
Embarcadero Foot of Folsom Street Cupids Span Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen 2002 This is the artists statement regarding this piece: “Inspired by San Francisco’s reputation as the home port of Eros, we began our project for a small park on the Embarcadero along San Francisco Bay by trying out the subject of Cupid’s stereotypical…