Claes Oldenburg: Self
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Quotes
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(Himself) : I think I like to go back to Chicago to establish contact with my growing up there, with my childhood experiences. But also with the sense of space and infinity that the great Lake can present... out of which the city rises very clearly like a series of sculptures or perhaps a gigantic cemetery.
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(Himself) : What happens is the figure becomes more of an object - it becomes more related to these things... and it becomes sort of a composite of two things, both a Human being and an object together.
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(Himself) : I mean I like the idea of Pop because it's slightly absurd. I mean the notion of a Pop artist - it's still slightly radical. The people haven't quite accepted it, they're still a little suspicious, and I like that. There's still a slightly outlaw feeling about it.