Claes Oldenburg Pumpkin Sculptures with Cathy Hicks (Grateful Gathering Center Pieces)

Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. I think Cathy did a great job of teaching this unit and introducing Oldenburg to our Maclay Lower School Art Students. These were created for the school's Grateful Gathering to be used as center pieces!

We have blogged about Pumpkins before:

http://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2017/09/warming-up-with-paul-klee-pumpkins-on.html

http://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2017/07/smashing-pumpkinscome-on-fall-we-are.html

http://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2015/07/paper-quilling-pumpkins.html

Here are some resources in our blog on Claes Oldenburg:

http://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2016/05/clay-and-claes-oldenburg.html

http://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2017/03/oops-claes-oldenburg-forgot-to-put.html

http://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2016/03/8th-grade-claes-oldenburg-style-shish.html

Resources on Oldenburg:

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-oldenburg-claes.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/t-magazine/claes-oldenburg.html

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/claes-oldenburg

A little Smashing Pumpkins for ya...get it? Happy Thanksgiving! 1969