Claes Oldenburg


Claes Oldenburg, Colossal Floating Three-Way Plug, 1965, pencil on paper Collection Walker Art Center, Gift of the T.B. Walker Foundation, 1975	Claes Oldenburg, Three-Way Plug - Scale A, Soft, Brown, 1975, vinyl, polyurethane foam, Masonite, wood, wire mesh, rope, zipper, chain, cleat, pulleys Collection Walker Art Center, Gift of the artist, 1979

Claes Oldenburg with director Martin Friedman: Interview, Part 2, 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, 6:44
Discussion of drawings. Are any of the drawings done from life? Issues of composition. Track 2, 6:05
Discussion of drawing style. Do drawings ever come after sculpture? Track 3, 7:14
Discussion of scale. Broome Street Expressway drawing.
Track 4, 3:38
Discussion of current projects. Drawings for a new wing of a Venturi designed museum in the form of a 3-way plug. Origins of the 3-way plug. Track 5, 5:37
Discussion of 3-way plug; cubism; hard versus soft. Track 6, 9:02
Discussion of 3-way plug; no interest in function only form. Question: What is it like being an artist?

Track 1, 6:44 Discussion of drawings. Are any of the drawings done from life? Issues of composition.	Track 2, 6:05 Discussion of drawing style. Do drawings ever come after sculpture?	Track 3, 7:14 Discussion of scale. Broome Street Expressway drawing.
Track 4, 3:38 Discussion of current projects. Drawings for a new wing of a Venturi designed museum in the form of a 3-way plug. Origins of the 3-way plug.	Track 5, 5:37 Discussion of 3-way plug; cubism; hard versus soft.	Track 6, 9:02 Discussion of 3-way plug; no interest in function only form. Question: What is it like being an artist?