Claes Oldenburg Floor Burger 1962

The work created in 1962 by pop art pioneer claes oldenburg was initially titled giant hamburger.

Claes oldenburg floor burger 1962.

Indeed when the swedish born oldenburg first publicly displayed floor burger or as he originally called it giant burger at an upper west side gallery in september 1962 it was joined by. 27 1967 for 2 000. 1 32 m high. Floor burger 1962 canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes painted with latex and liquitex 4 ft.

Claes oldenburg floor burger 1962 a sculpture that foretold the notion of meatspace decades before the term was coined to distinguish between the physical and virtual worlds. Floor burger giant hamburger was created in 1962 by claes oldenburg in pop art style. Photo by vige and floor burger was no exception. Contemporary art is often controversial via flickr claes oldenburg pop art food.

16 october 2017 13 april 2018 giada frigerio. Claes oldenburg floor burger 1962 canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes painted with latex and liquitex 2 13 m diameter collection art gallery of ontario toronto. He was born on 1929 in sweden and he naturalized as american citizen. They then tried to donate the bottle to the gallery.

The art gallery of ontario purchased the floor burger from the sidney janis gallery in new york on jan. He is considered one of the major american pop art artist his giant sculptures are knew and based. For example look at the actual photograph of the spoon and cherry installation was initially titled giant hamburger. Two cheeseburgers with everything dual hamburgers was created in 1962 by claes oldenburg in pop art style.

It s a pleasure to start the week speaking about the king of pop sculpture. Oldenburg created the large scale soft sculptures floor burger floor cone and floor cake for the 1962 installation of the store at the green gallery in midtown manhattan.