ON DRAWINGS 2025 – Exhibition Tour & Study Room Visit at The Whitney
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, United StatesWhitney Museum of American Art
Study Center visit focused on the drawings of Claes Oldenburg and Exhibition Tour of the installation Claes Oldenburg: Drawn from Life Led by Antonia Pocock, Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art and Eli Harrison, Curatorial Fellow, Sondra Gilman Study Center, Whitney Museum of American Art This event is open to members of The Drawing […]
Claes Oldenburg: Drawn from Life
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, United StatesWhitney Museum of American Art
Best known for his sculptures of everyday objects rendered in unexpected textures or dimensions, Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) once proclaimed, “I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself.” His innovations in sculpture emerged out of his drawing practice, which enabled him to swiftly record and transform the contours of […]