Claes Oldenburg
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"Claes Oldenburg" is an United States/American sculpture/sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009 after 32 years of marriage. Oldenburg lives and works in New York.

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It's got the context of a very good architect [Renzo Piano, who designed the expansion] and an excellent museum. You couldn't ask for more.

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.