Description:
Architectural drawing depicting four brown three-way plug adapters enlarged to the scale of a series of buildings interlocked with each other to form an L-shape situated as an addition and it's surrounding landscape.
Label Text:
Excerpt from wall label, for the exhibition “The Unexpected Encounters of Looking Again,” November 28 - March 15, 2007:
Throughout his career, Oldenburg has been interested in performance and has appropriated common objects and materials to create his art. His initial interest in creating environments can be seen in works of the early 1960s such as The Street (1961) or The Store (1960). Both of these works had a performance aspect as well as an engagement with sculptural form. Oldenburg’s sculptures in the 1960s were often made of soft materials. The floppy forms of works such as Cake contrast greatly with the sharp, clear lines in this work. Here, Oldenburg plays with the idea of “paper architecture” through his proposal for an addition to the Allen Memorial Art Museum using common, household objects such as the electric plug. This work is comical yet also engages with ideas and notions of high or fine art and the culture/cultural institution of the museum. - Rebecca Karp (M.A. '08)
Tags:
architecture; landscapes; perspective Link to share this object record:
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