Claes Oldenburg was born
in 1929 and he is a Swedish sculptor, best known for his public art
installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. He grew
up and studied in Chicago. He made lots of large scale sculptures of worldly
objects elicited public ridicule before being embraced as whimsical,
insightful, and fun additions to public outdoor art. Whenever we saw his works, we are going to keep our eyes on that. It is definitely
draw people’s attention.
He got a lot of
beautiful works and I choose four of his work which is my favorite.
Firstly, it is Bat-column
which is giant base ball bat. It is next to Harold Washington Social Security
Center in Chicago. It is not colorful than other works but it still keep my
eyes. It has some detail on baseball bat.
Secondly, it is Stake Hitch in Dallas
Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. It faceted
geometric shape was developed for the "stake" freely based on a
railroad spike, a tent peg or animal tether, made of aluminum roughened with a
coating of epoxy. The "rope", which was likened to a tornado, was
built up of ventilation ducts covered with foam "strands" sprayed
with resin and chopped fiberglass finished in colorful enamels. The rope part looks real
rope to me.
Next, it is Torn Notebook in University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. It appears
as if it had been tossed onto the lawn that runs along the border between the
campus and the city. Barely touching the ground, the sculpture seems to rise
like a huge bird spreading its wings. It looks like real notebook and it also feels
like goes to somewhere by wind. It is quite funny work. 
Lastly, it is Spring in Cheonggyecheon Stream, Seoul, South Korea.
I saw it before when I walked in Cheonggyecheon last year. It looks really
pretty especially at night. When I found out it looks like sea-shell, I really liked it.
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