“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.” WellsArtFallMy OwnKnownNew YorkSceneAmbitionChicagoWell KnownInstituteMy Ambition Author:Claes Oldenburg
“Duchamp is known for calling a thing art, rather than making it. A lot of that is picked up in pop art, too.” ArtKnownCallingPopsPop Art Author:Claes Oldenburg
“I am preoccupied with the possibility of creating art which functions in a public situation without compromising its private character of being antiheroic, antimonumental, antiabstract, and antigeneral. The paradox is intensified by the use on a grand scale of small-scale subjects known from intimate situations--an approach which tends in turn to reduce the scale of the real landscape to imaginary dimensions.” ArtRealCharacterUseTurnsSituationKnownSubjectsPossibilityApproachCreatingFunctionScalesCompromiseLandscapeIntimateDimensionsParadoxImaginaryCreating Art Author:Claes Oldenburg
