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Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg Biography
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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.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008 - 2009
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Heavy Metal, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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2004
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“Marfa,” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, February 20 - April 3, 2004.
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2002
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“10th Anniversary of the Lifetime Achievment in Contemporary Sculpture Award” International Sculpture Center, December 2002.
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2002
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“30 Years of Landfall Press,” Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, TX (July/August 2002)
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2002
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“Drawings, 1959-62,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (2/14-3/23/02)
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2002
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“From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (11/3/02 – 2/3/03)
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2002
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“Claes Oldenburg Coosje van Bruggen,” PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York (5/3 – 6/28/02)
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2002
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“Sculpture,” Mitchell-Innes-Nash, (4/19-5/02).
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2001
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Dropped Cone, Cologne Germany
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2001
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“Down Liquidambar Lane: Sculpture in the Park” Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal. Permanent installation opening May 2001.
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2000
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Ago, Filo e Nodo (Needle, Thread and Knot), Milan
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2000
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Flying pins, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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1999
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Museo Correr, Venice, Italy. Including new works like the Lion’s Tail and Corridor Pin.
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1996
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Torn Notebook, Lincoln, Nebraska
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1994
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Inverted Collar and Tie, Frankfurt
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1994
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Shuttlecocks, Kansas City
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1992
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Mistos (Match Cover), Barcelona
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Currently creating large-scale projects for Denver, San Francisco and Berlin.
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| Links to further information |
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