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Claes Oldenburg is a renowned American sculptor, known for his large-scale public art installations. His works are inspired by everyday objects, reimagined and magnified to create both familiar and unfamiliar visual experiences.

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“I got a little studio in Chicago and practiced. I realized I had to earn some money. So I went to work for an advertising agency where my job was mostly drawing insects for a company that sold an insecticide spray.”

Littles Jobs Company Studios Drawing I Realized Advertising Agency Chicago Insects Spray Advertising Agencies Insecticides

Author:Claes Oldenburg

“I knew I had to take my ambition more seriously, so I enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, in the fall, I went on a tour of my own. I didn't go to New York because that was too well known for its art scene.”

Wells Art Fall My Own Known New York Scene Ambition Chicago Well Known Institute My Ambition

Author:Claes Oldenburg

“Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.”

Cities Strange Chicago Metaphysical Elegance

Book:Proposals for monuments and buildings, 1965-69

Source: Proposals for monuments and buildings, 1965-69