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Art Appreciation
Claes Oldenburg’s clothes pin Vs. Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain The Artist Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Oldenburg was the creator of the Clothes Pin Sculpture back in the pop art era of 1976. The Clothespin is a weathering steel sculpture; it is currently located at Centre Square, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia. The piece of art stands approximately 54 feet tall and weighs about 10 tons. This enormous sculpture is a big attraction for Philadelphia’s locals as well as the visitors for it interacted with the surroundings. The freestanding statue was also considered a great piece of public art work. The French artist Marcel Duchamp was the creator of the “Fountain”, a porcelain urinal that was entered into the art world as a major art piece in the conceptual era of 1917. The urinal, which was turned in a 90 degree angle, was white with black writing on one side which read “R. Mutt-1917”. The Fountain was approximately 15in. x 19 ¼ in. x 24 5/8 in, As Duchamp shocked the art world with this Dadaism/ conceptual artwork the question arise, what is it? The piece inspired heated argument among the society's directors for which it was presented and was finally rejected an hour before the exhibition opened. Fountain is one of a group of objects that Duchamp called "readymades," works with which he challenged traditional notions of making and exhibiting art. Anonymously defending the work in the press, Duchamp claimed he had "created a new thought for that object”. The original Fountain disappeared shortly after its creation, but in 1938 Duchamp began issuing subsequent versions of the piece, reinforcing his fundamental questioning of originality and authenticity. The picture shown on the last page is the fourth full-scale version, fabricated in 1964. The two artist described are totally unique with
Claes Oldenburg’s clothes pin Vs. Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain The Artist Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Oldenburg was the creator of the Clothes Pin Sculpture back in the pop art era of 1976. The Clothespin is a weathering steel sculpture; it is currently located at Centre Square, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia. The piece of art stands approximately 54 feet tall and weighs about 10 tons. This enormous sculpture is a big attraction for Philadelphia’s locals as well as the visitors for it interacted with the surroundings. The freestanding statue was also considered a great piece of public art work. The French artist Marcel Duchamp was the creator of the “Fountain”, a porcelain urinal that was entered into the art world as a major art piece in the conceptual era of 1917. The urinal, which was turned in a 90 degree angle, was white with black writing on one side which read “R. Mutt-1917”. The Fountain was approximately 15in. x 19 ¼ in. x 24 5/8 in, As Duchamp shocked the art world with this Dadaism/ conceptual artwork the question arise, what is it? The piece inspired heated argument among the society's directors for which it was presented and was finally rejected an hour before the exhibition opened. Fountain is one of a group of objects that Duchamp called "readymades," works with which he challenged traditional notions of making and exhibiting art. Anonymously defending the work in the press, Duchamp claimed he had "created a new thought for that object”. The original Fountain disappeared shortly after its creation, but in 1938 Duchamp began issuing subsequent versions of the piece, reinforcing his fundamental questioning of originality and authenticity. The picture shown on the last page is the fourth full-scale version, fabricated in 1964. The two artist described are totally unique with