Name
Claes
Lastname
Oldenburg
Artist name
Oldenburg & van Bruggen
Date of birth
1929
Date of death
2022
Through their dialogue, based on a continuous exchange of images and words, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen have redefined the concept of sculpture in the contemporary arena. Their collaboration, which began in 1976, thrives on Oldenburg’s propensity for drawing and van Bruggen’s ability to transform language into an acute instrument of artistic investigation. While the two artists often worked on the production of large-scale projects, related to various urban contexts in Europe, America, and Asia, their art originates in the privacy of the studio, where their ideas, in continuous transition, take the form of sketches, drawings, studies, and models. [...]
