Born
in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1929, Claes Oldenburg came to New
York in 1936. Oldenburg’s work, whether it’s small or large,
includes a wide range of sculpture, prints, and drawings.
Oldenburg
has been interested in making oversized objects since he
was first confronted with creating works for large exhibition
spaces in 1962. Filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes,
Floor Cone is a soft sculpture that can be placed
on the floor, propped against a wall, or arranged in a number
of different ways. The only constant rule Floor Cone
must obey is gravity, which Oldenburg called his "favorite
form creator."
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Think
about the dimensions (given in the caption) for this
work, do you think its size matters?
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What
might Oldenburg mean by saying gravity creates form?
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Do
you think the filling of his sculptures matters? How
might his work look and act if it were filled with helium
or sand, or concrete?
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