Claes Oldenburg MoMA Exhibit: "The Street And The Store" Brings Pop Art Universe To Life

Claes Oldenburg - Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich). 1963. Vinyl, kapok, and wood painted with acrylic. 32 x 39 x 29” (81.3 x 99.1 x 73.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President. © 1963 Claes Oldenburg. Photo: David Heald, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (click photo for larger image)If you’re planning on being in New York any time between now and early August--don’t miss this exciting Claes Oldenburg event:

“This month, a new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York is tackling Oldenburg's larger-than-life kitsch in a survey of two of his major works: 'The Street' (1960) and 'The Store' (1961-64). The separate, neatly packaged collections of smaller-scale works address everything from cigarettes and lingerie to hamburgers and candied apples, using cardboard, newspaper and plaster to turn mundane products into art.”

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Claes Oldenberg (born 1929) is a Swedish born American Pop-artist, best known for his huge sculptures made out of everyday objects.

Junkculture: Artist Injects Paint in Bubble Wrap to Create Pixelated Images

One of Bradley Hart’s pixelated pictures (click photo for larger image)

“Artist Bradley Hart creates beautiful pixelated photorealistic pictures by injecting bubble wrap with acrylic paint. The bare bubble in the bubble wrap refers to dots and pixels, the building blocks of images on our computer screens.”

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Support for Artist-Led Museum in Helsinki Grows

Artists make the case for Checkpoint Helsinki at a meeting at the Amos Anderson Art Museum

“The creation of an artist-led museum called Checkpoint Helsinki is looking likely following the city board's rejection of the Guggenheim Helsinki scheme last year.

"The city has signaled that it is willing to financially support such an institution, which would provide a space for artists to produce and exhibit their work.”

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Egypt’s Art World Rallies to Defend Freedom of Expression

An anti-censorship work by the Egyptian street artist Keizer, from the exhibition “Long Live Free Art”

“'Long Live Free Art', the rallying-call title of an exhibition that closed in Cairo on 15 January, succinctly expressed the Egyptian art world’s growing resistance to the new constitution, which was approved at the end of December.”

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Move Over Galleries: Artists Sign with Agents

Stuart Semple has joined Next Management

“As Stuart Semple joins an agency that also represents models and musicians, is there a new way to sell art?”

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To learn more about this British artist, visit his website.