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Claes Oldenburg (1929-)
WWW Pop Art

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Claes Oldenburg focused on fast food and appliances of the 1960s in (often) king-sized soft sculptures: hamburgers, Popsicles, chocolate cream pie.

He was known for his "King Kong" trousers and his parties known as "Happenings."


key2.gif (90 bytes) He made sculptures of old burgers.