“I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions.” ArtInterestingSubjectsArt IsAbstractDepictionAbstract Art Author:Claes Oldenburg
“Mine was not pop art. I maybe started with a subject, but I changed the subject.” ArtSubjectsChangedMinesPopsPop 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
