“In 1958 I finally found a large enough apartment on the Lower East Side, where I reverted to figure painting. I drew and painted quite a lot of figures and nudes. People would come and pose for me.” PeopleEnoughFoundSidesFiguresPaintingEastApartmentEast SideFigure Painting Author:Claes Oldenburg
“They asked me to do a show, and I was planning on showing my figure paintings. But my friends told me I shouldn't - the paintings were good but a little old-fashioned. They said, "Why don't you show the other stuff?" I had also been making rather strange objects, more in the Freudian tradition.” LittlesSaidShowsStuffFiguresObjectsStrangePaintingMy FriendsTraditionPlanningThey SaidOld FashionedFigure Painting Author:Claes Oldenburg
“The sexual is part of everything, and it's highly formalized. I hadn't done figure for a long time. And I thought to myself, "Why not the erotic figure?"” LongDoneFiguresLong TimeWhy NotErotic Author:Claes Oldenburg
