Slog - Comments on It's an Oldenburg! http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg When the Seattle Art Museum announced its intention to build a sculpture park, the first name that came to the minds of plenty of people was: Claes Oldenburg. The pop artist, born in 1929, lives and works in New York with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, and the two of them have been making "colossal monuments" of everyday objects together since the 1970s. Oldenburg's 1969 Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks" is an icon of pop art and just a damn fine sculpture, and his 1976 Clothespin in downtown Philadelphia was the first of his monuments to find a place in... Copyright 2007 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:30:47 -0800 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:50:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by em that's a fucking ill idea.

]]> em http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c386911 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c386911 Arts Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:08:02 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The faucet is the first decent thing I've seen in the Sculpture Garden conversation, I love it!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c386915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c386915 Arts Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:22:23 -0800 Comment by cressona A faucet. Ah, the bold look of Kohler.

Personally, I'd like to see that faucet accompanied by a giant, porcelain toilet sculpture. A little homage to Marcel Duchamp. Plus, it would be good for even more laughs than the Lenin statue, although probably not as many laughs at the "Mannequin Pis" fountain in Belgium. And I'll tell you what, tourists from around the world will flock to a massive toilet sculpture.

Jen, please -- get workin' on it. They'll listen to you.

Excuse me, I'm getting a little giggly right now.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c387270 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c387270 Arts Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:18:07 -0800 Comment by breech-a My girl, Dottie, was totally right on that shizzle. She called it 100%. Props.

]]> breech-a http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c387285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c387285 Arts Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:49:26 -0800 Comment by Steven Vroom I have thought that Seattle's OSP should have an Oldenburg from the get go. His giant flashlight on the UNLV Arts Campus is a work of genius. This piece will make OSP more fun!

]]> Steven Vroom http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c387361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/its_an_oldenburg#c387361 Arts Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:50:31 -0800