Claes Oldenburg
Pop art in extreme Scale
Claes Oldenburg is a man who is fascinated with taking ordinary objects, and turning them into extraordinary objects. Whether doing so in such large scale it takes your breath away, or in a different type of material. Such as his soft object series. He really makes you look at a familiar object in a different light, and be affected by it. Although I have never had the oportunity to see one of his works in person, the photos of the objects he's created are mind blowing anyway.
Soft Viola is an example, I would have never imagined seeing an insturment that I am familliar with in this way with this medium. It almost looks like its falling apart, the strings in dissarray and the F-holes falling to the side, but in a way it almost seems to be musically active and alive.
Another work of his that fascinates me is his work "Safety Pin" housed in the De Young Museum in San Fransisco. This work is so obsurdly out of proportion to what we would normally percieve a safety pin to be, that we forget that its 54 Feet tall and extremely humorous to look at. Its amazing how accurate his works are to appearing like something they arent. The detail in the coil and the blue latch area are evidence of this. 
Another fun work is his Soft work inspired by the 60's, with this fun example of a VW Beetle. As you can see in this picture, He's added a few elements such as the metal bumper, hubcaps, mirror's and steering wheel.
All in all Claes Oldenburgs work is humorous, fun, and fascinating. I can only imagine the amount of time and planning that went into each and every work of art that holds his name.
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