Claes Oldenburg当时的生活
完整生平1969–1977
His relationship with Hannah Wilke
From 1969 to 1977 Oldenburg was in a relationship with the feminist artist and sculptor Hannah Wilke: they shared studios and travelled together, and she often photographed him. His marriage to Patty Mucha ended in 1970.
1970
Meets Coosje van Bruggen
In 1970, when his first major retrospective travelled to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Oldenburg met Coosje van Bruggen, a curator there — his future wife and collaborator.
1970
Exhibition at the Tate Gallery
In 1970 London's Tate Gallery showed a solo exhibition of Oldenburg's work, chronicled in James Scott's twin-projection documentary “The Great Ice Cream Robbery”.
early 1970s
Turning to public commissions: “Three-Way Plug”
From the early 1970s Oldenburg concentrated almost exclusively on public commissions; his first public work, “Three-Way Plug”, was commissioned by Oberlin College with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
1972年6月30日–1972年10月8日
Exhibition: Documenta 5
1972–1993
His brother Richard heads MoMA
From 1972 to 1993 the artist's brother, the art historian Richard E. Oldenburg, was director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and later chairman of Sotheby's America.
