Claus Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

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Claus Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

• Lauren Goodrich
• P. 5
• Sculpture

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Claus Oldenburg

• Born on January 28, 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden
• Studied at Yale and the Art Institute of Chicago
• Since 1976 he has worked with Coosje Van Bruggen
  in a partnership.

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Coosje Van Bruggen

• Born on June 6, 1942 in Groningen, the
  Netherlands
• Received a masters degree in art history from
  the University of Groningen
• Various jobs within the department of art at
  different institutions.

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Biography

• They were married in 1977
• They work together to form sculptures for various
  cities in Europe, Asia, and the United States
• They have been working together since 1976
• They have constucted over 40 large-scale projects

Top photo Mistos(Match Cover), Barcelona,
Spain Bottom photo Bicyclette Ensevelie (Buried
Bicycle), Paris, France
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Works Constructed
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Cupids Span

• November 21-21, 2002
• Rincon Park, San Francisco
• 60 ft high
• Stainless steel and other metals

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Flying Pins
Intersection of John F. Kennedylaan and
Fellenoord Avenues,

Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2000
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Spoonbridge

• 1985-1988
• Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
• Made of aluminum, stainless steel, and paint

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Inverted Collar and Tie

• 1994
• Steel, polymer concrete, fiber-reinforced
  plastic, and paint
• Mainzer, Landstrasse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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More Photos
Dropped Bowl with Scattered Slices and
Peels, 1990, Miami, Flordia
Hat in 3 Stages of Landing, 1982, Salinas,
California
Binoculars, 1991, Venice, California
Houseball, 1996, Mauestrasse, Berlin
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TORN NOTEBOOK

• Stainless steel, aluminum, and paint
• 3 parts the notebook and 2 loose pages
• Madden Garden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
  Nebraska

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Shuttlecocks 1994
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
Missouri
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Dropped Cone
Newmarkt Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2001
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TIMELINE

• They became partners in 1976
• They got married in 1977, just a year later
• Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks, 1969-74
• Clothespin, 1976
• Trowel I, 1971-6
• Trowel II, 1976
• Batcolumn, 1977
• Pool Balls, 1977
• Crusoe Umbrella, 1979

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TIMELINE CONTD

• Flashlight, 1981
• Split Button, 1981
• Hat in Stages of Landing, 1982
• Spitzhacke, 1982
• Gartenschlaunch (Garden Hose), 1983
• Screwarch, 1983
• Cross Section of a Toothbrush, with Paste in a
  cup, on a sink, 1983
• Stake Hitch, 1984

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TIMELINE CONTD

• Balancing Tools, 1984
• Knife Ship I, 1985
• Knife Ship II, 1986
• Knife Slicing Through Wall, 1986
• Toppling Ladder with Spilling Paint, 1986
• Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1988
• Dropped Bowl with Scattered Slices and Peels,
  1990
• Bicyclette Ensevelie (Buried Bicycle), 1990
• Monument of the Last Horse, 1991

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TIMELINE CONTD

• Binoculars, 1991
• Free Stamp, 1991
• Mistos (Match Cover), 1992
• Bottle of Notes, 1993
• Inverted Tie and Collar, 1994
• Shuttlecocks, 1994
• Soft Shuttlecock, 1995
• Houseball, 1996
• Saw, Sawing, 1996

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TIMELINE CONTD

• Golf/Typhoon

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Works Cited

• http//garden.walkerart.org/artwork.wac
• http//www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com
• http//www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/lsp.htm

Golf/Typhoon, 1996, Bridgehampton, New York