Ep. 49 - Claes Oldenburg's "Giant Toothpaste Tube" (1964)
Somewhere between the life of the mind and the boots on the ground sits Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who wants us to see not only that both of those worlds are one and the same, but that there's value, and even beauty, to our stuff, and that maybe we can finally let ourselves admit it.
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The WPI Oral Histories: Donald and Alfred Lippincott on Tom Wesselmann
Lippincott, Inc. was founded by Donald Lippincott in 1966 as a fabrication space specifically for artists producing large-scale sculptures, not industrial design projects. Eventually joined by his brother, Alfred, the Lippincott studio quickly gained renown for its collaborative, salon-like atmos...
Episode 373: RealTime Arts' Molly & Rusty on interactive happenings in Pittsburgh, where it's all about "Feeling the bean"
In Episode 373, Molly Rice & Rusty Thelin, co-founders of RealTime Arts in Pittsburgh, talk about:
The especially niche field of their work, which is the performance of live theater that aligns more with visual art and doesn't really check any of the 'theater' boxes, and how they have interacti...
Finding Wonder in a Toothbrush
In this episode, we explore the toothbrush, an everyday object with surprising cultural, artistic, and spiritual significance. From its depiction in visual arts, like Khadija Saye’s toothbrush tree and Claes Oldenburg’s oversized sculptures, to its presence in literature—T.S. Eliot’s poetry, Alan...
Outsiders: Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama (1929 - present) is a contemporary Japanese artist working across painting, sculpture, film, and installation. She has produced a body of work formally unified by its use of repetitive dots, pumpkins, and mirrors. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists ...
177: Connecting the Dots Part 4
From time to time over the nearly 50 years since the establishment of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center, a significant number of its members and its affiliates in the Silent Thunder Order have complained of burning out in terms of their participation in the Zen community. Some have faded into obscurity...
Wayne Thiebaud | Pie a la Mode
Explore the life and work of celebrated American artist Wayne Thiebaud, known for his vibrant and textured paintings of everyday objects. Born in 1920, Thiebaud's early experiences as a sign painter and an apprentice animator at Walt Disney Studios shaped his understanding of visual communication...
Katriina Campitelli: What a Public Art Curator Actually Does
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Claes Oldenburg (encore)
Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022), the Swedish-born American sculptor, wasn't your typical artist. He wasn't interested in grand figures or historical scenes. Instead, he found inspiration in the most unexpected places: the everyday objects that cluttered our lives. His art, a blend of Pop Art and giga...
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen: Gartenschlauch (Garden Hose)
Claes Oldenburg’s “Gartenschlauch” (Garden Hose) is a large-scale public sculpture created in 1983 by the Swedish-American Pop Art artist Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) in collaboration with his wife, the Dutch artist Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009). It stands in Eschholzpark (also called Stühlinge...
