 |
|
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
|
 |
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
Blue Fish, New York 1987
|
|
 |
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
Langoustine, Paris 1990
|
|
 |
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
Mozzarella di Buffala, New York 1987
|
|
 |
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
Paradise Pie IV, Blue 2007
|
|
 |
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
Shuttlecock/Blueberry Pies I and II (detail) 1999
|
|
 |
Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg
Study for Poster of Dropped Bowl, with Scattered Slices and Peels 1988
|
|
|
Biography |
|
|
|
|
Van Bruggen’s first collaboration with Claes Oldenburg was in 1976, when Trowel I, originally shown at Sonsbeek 71, was rebuilt and relocated in the sculpture garden of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands. In 1978 van Bruggen moved to New York, where she continued to work with Oldenburg to establish direct contact with a wider audience by creating large-scale, site-specific works in urban settings. Their collaboration has extended to smaller-scale park and garden sculptures as well as to indoor installations. The couple, married in 1977, has executed over forty Large-Scale Projects, which have been inserted into various urban surroundings in Europe, Asia, and the United States. |
|
|
Exhibitions |
|
|
2008 - 2009 |
|
Heavy Metal, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany |
|
|
2004 |
|
“Marfa,” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, February 20 - April 3, 2004. |
|
|
2002 |
|
“10th Anniversary of the Lifetime Achievment in Contemporary Sculpture Award” International Sculpture Center, December 2002. |
|
|
2002 |
|
“30 Years of Landfall Press,” Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, TX (July/August 2002) |
|
|
2002 |
|
“Drawings, 1959-62,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (2/14-3/23/02) |
|
|
2002 |
|
“From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (11/3/02 – 2/3/03) |
|
|
2002 |
|
“Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen,” PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York (5/3 – 6/28/02) |
|
|
2002 |
|
“Sculpture,” Mitchell-Innes-Nash, (4/19-5/02). |
|
|
2001 |
|
Dropped Cone, Cologne Germany |
|
|
2001 |
|
“Down Liquidambar Lane: Sculpture in the Park” Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal. Permanent installation opening May 2001. |
|
|
2000 |
|
Ago, Filo e Nodo (Needle, Thread and Knot), Milan |
|
|
2000 |
|
Flying pins, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
|
|
1999 |
|
Museo Correr, Venice, Italy. Including new works like the Lion’s Tail and Corridor Pin. |
|
|
1996 |
|
Saw Sawing, Tokyo |
|
|
1996 |
|
Torn Notebook, Lincoln, Nebraska |
|
|
1994 |
|
Inverted Collar and Tie, Frankfurt |
|
|
1994 |
|
Shuttlecocks, Kansas City |
|
|
1992 |
|
Mistos (Match Cover), Barcelona |
|
|
|
|
Currently creating large-scale projects for Denver, San Francisco and Berlin. |
|
|
|
|
return to artnet.com