“The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.” ReasonObjectsObviousVesselColossal Book:Claes Oldenburg, Constructions, Models, and Drawings: Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, April 30-May 31, 1969 Source: Claes Oldenburg, Constructions, Models, and Drawings: Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, April 30-May 31, 1969
“When you're working with an object, you can put in almost anything you want, you can make it abstract.” WantObjectsAbstract Author:Claes Oldenburg
“You can take an object and simply put anything you want in that object, and I accessed that partly through Freudian ideas.” WantIdeasObjects 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
“My work doesn't have the same rules as, say, Andy [Warhol]'s work. But it's gathered together for the simple reason that we all worked with the images and objects around us.” ReasonTogetherSimpleObjectsWarhol Author:Claes Oldenburg
“There's always been a potential erotic possibility with objects.” PossibilityObjectsErotic Author:Claes Oldenburg
