Oldenburg, Claes, Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag, 1966, canvas, kapok, glue, acrylic
Collection Walker Art Center, Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, 1966

Claes Oldenburg with director Martin Friedman: Interview, Part 3b, 8/25-26/74
Location: Los Angeles, Chateau Marmart. Martin Friedman interviews Claes Oldenburg in preparation for the Walker Art Center's exhibition Oldenburg: Six Themes, 1975.


All files are in RealAudio format.
Track 1, 8:09
Discussion of the symbolist poets. T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland."
Track 2, 10:01
Discussion of fabrication and working with others to execute the work.
Track 3, 9:38
Discussion of the "clothes pin."
Track 4, 6:48
Discussion of forms. What is a good form what is a bad form?
Track 5, 12:08
Discussion of "baseball mitt."