Claes Oldenburg

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I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

Claes Oldenburg

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Purpose of art Art

Author

Claes Oldenburg

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Oldenburg, Claes. Statement for exhibition catalogue called Environments, Situations, Spaces. c. 1961, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City, NY, USA.

The erotic or the sexual is the root of "art"; its first impulse.

Claes Oldenburg

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Sex Art

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Claes Oldenburg

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English

Time

20th century

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Citation

Oldenburg, Claes and Germano Celant. Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology. Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1995, p. 13.