Claes Oldenburg is a Swedish-born American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje Van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years. Oldenburg lives and works in New York.
You can visit his and Bruggen's official website here
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This creator provides examples of the following tropes:
- Giant Food: A lot of his sculptures are giant replications of food, including fruit (Apple Core), ice cream (Dropped Cone), sandwiches (Floor Burger, Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers), Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich)), french fries (French Fries and Ketchup, Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag), etc.
- Mundane Made Awesome: A majority of his sculptures (alone and with Coosje) are usually just mundane objects made larger.
