biography of Claes OLDENBURG & Coosje VAN BRUGGEN (act.1976-2009)

Personal data

Birth : 1976
Death : 01/10/2009
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Pacewildenstein – 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Work

Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Object
Drawing-Watercolor :

Subject

architecture
Daily life

Works

Dropped Cone
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-wood-steel-resin
 
Valentine Perfume
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-aluminium-steel
Process : painting
Size : 640 x 140 x 290 cm
 
Torn Notebook
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : varnish-aluminium-steel
Process : painting
 
Soft Shuttlecock
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-wood-aluminium-steel
Process : painting
 
Monument to the Last Horse
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-varnish-aluminium
Process : painting
Size : 600 x 518 x 365 cm
 
Spoonbridge and Cherry
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : varnish-aluminium-steel
Process : painting
Size : 900 x 1570 x 410 cm
 
Il Corso del Coltello
Date of creation : 1985
Medium : Performance
In collaboration with : Frank O. Gehry
 
39757
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-varnish-aluminium-steel
Process : painting
Size : 1631 cm
 
Trowel I
Date of creation : 1971-1976
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : varnish-steel
Process : painting
Size : 1273 x 343 x 444 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

Claes Oldenburg with Coosje van Bruggen Drawings, 1922-1998
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
06/07/2002 – 09/15/2002

Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
05/01/2002 – 11/17/2002

Claes Oldenburg / Coosje van Bruggen
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
04/27/2002 – 06/08/2002

Drawings 1959-1999
Paula Cooper Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/14/2002 – 03/16/2002

2001

Down Liquidambar Lane: Sculpture in the Park
Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves – Porto, Portugal
05/18/2001 – 10/14/2001

1999

Claes Oldenburg Coosje Van Bruggen
Museo Correr – Venice VE, Italy
05/23/1999 – 10/03/1999

1994

Large-Scale Projects
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
1994

1990

Leo Castelli – New York NY, United States
1990

The European Desk Top
Galleria Christian Stein – Milan MI, Italy
1990

1987

A Bottle of Notes and Some Voyages
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art – Sunderland, United Kingdom
1987

1980

Large-Scale Projects 1977-1980
Leo Castelli – New York NY, United States
1980

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Paula Cooper Gallery – 534 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Paula Cooper Gallery – 534 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Paula Cooper Gallery – 534 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Grant Selwyn Fine Art – 37 West 57th Street, #200 – New York NY, United States

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Paula Cooper Gallery – 534 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Grant Selwyn Fine Art – 37 West 57th Street, #200 – New York NY, United States

2001

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Paula Cooper Gallery – 534 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Grant Selwyn Fine Art – 37 West 57th Street, #200 – New York NY, United States

Group exhibitions

2003

Sculpture
Grant Selwyn Fine Art – New York NY, United States
05/03/2003 – 06/23/2003

1997

Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997

1987

Il Corso Del Coltello, C. Oldenburg, C. Van Bruggen & F.O. Gehry (Décors, Costumes, Dessins)
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
07/08/1987 – 08/30/1987

1986

Props, Costumes and Designs from the Performance Il Corso del Coltello by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry
Leo Castelli – New York NY, United States
1986

Legals