You can see Claes Oldenburg's
famous Clothespin sculpture in Philadelphia.
Once again, we see an everyday object magnified to an extreme and
plopped right down into a busy town center, as though it were another
building. This photograph by Tara
Bradford particularly blends the clothespin in well with the surrounding
skyscrapers and even makes the sculpture appear bigger than those other,
impressive buildings. This is the effect
Oldenburg had in mind: to blend in these larger-than-life items almost as
social experiments, to spark a public reaction as much as to comment on
contemporary culture and the function of art in the community. Much of Pop Art is made for the people.
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