Claes Oldenburg. Skulpturer och teckningar

Beskrivning

Moderna Museet, Stockholm. 1966. Exhibition committee: K. G. Hultén, Kasper König, Karin Bergqvist Lindegren, Claes Oldenburg. (Foreword:) Öyvind Fahlström, Ulf Linde. (Text:) Claes Oldenburg. (Moderna Museets utställningskatalog. No. 56 – but erroneously numbered 55). 64 pages, without pagination, 44 black-and-white, 11 colour illustrations, 8 of which are pasted in. Biography, bibliography, catalogue. Text in Swedish and English. (28 x 23 cm), paperback, thread-stitched, in a 4-way grooved cover. Image on the front cover: Pool shapes by Claes Oldenburg (1964), on the back: Oldenburg with pieces of cake (photo). Loosely inserted sheet with four Moderna Museet postcards with Oldenburg drawings. (Lutz Jahre 18 – 1966).

Produktion: Melin & Österlin (M&Ö), AB Svenska Telegrambyrån / Stenström & Bartelson. (John Melin till exempel page 39).

Exhibition: Stockholm, Moderna Museet, 17 Sept. – 30 Oct. 1966 (28,000 visitors).

The American artist Claes Oldenburg was born in Sweden. He grew up in Norway until he was eight years old. In 1936 his family moved to Chicago, where he continued his schooling and training. He exhibited for the first time in Stockholm at the exhibition ”Amerikansk pop-konst” (1964). Another project was to come in the run-up to his monographic exhibition, as Oldenburg was also invited to take part in the planned joint work of several artists (”Hon”) at the Moderna Museet. He had to cancel his participation at the last minute. A total of 23 sculptures – some of them very large – were on display in his solo exhibition. Numerous Soft Objects, such as ”Soft Washstand” or ”Soft Typewriter”, were also represented. Among the 24 drawings and sketches on display were some designs for monumental large objects, which refer to the outdoor works that were only realized later. In connection with the exhibition, four happening evenings were organized by Claes Oldenburg under the title ”Massage”.

Many of the works came from the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York, where an Oldenburg exhibition had recently been on display.