Letters have always been source of fascination for Pop Art artist Claes Oldenburg. Instead of abstract symbols, the letters of his ‘Soft Alphabet‘ are soft, rounded forms that are sometimes strangely twisted. Oldenburg wants to show the physical quality that script takes on when it is converted into sound by the ‘dance of the lips’ in the letter symbols themselves. This is why his letters often display almost physical behaviour.
Specifications
| Title | Soft Alphabet |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Wood, cotton and sand |
| Object type |
Assemblage
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 74,5 cm Height 7,3 cm Thickness 56,5 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Claes Oldenburg
|
| Accession number | BEK 1586 1-43 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1982 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1982 |
| Creation date | in 1978 |
| Research |
Show research Digitising Contemporary Art |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
| Geographical origin | Sweden > Scandanavia > Northern Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Claes Oldenburg
Stockholm 1929 - New York 2022
Claes Oldenburg is of Swedish origin and studied art and literature at Yale University and subsequently, from 1950 to 1954, at the School of the Art Institute...
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