Claes Oldenburg – Swedish Pop Artist
Claes Oldenburg was born January 28, 1929. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to the USA in his early childhood. Claes attended Yale and the University of Chicago. In 1960 he created a collection of works that helped establish his reputation. Claes uses ordinary objects to express his art in a soft manner. Since 1976 he has worked with Coosje van Bruggen and together they have over 40 large scale projects. Below is Trowel I, which was one of the first projects Bruggen and Oldenburg have done together.
