#clausoldenburg

[mafmove]

RIP the great #clausoldenburg 😞 image from @meijergardens https://www.instagram.com/p/CgLQUmVupI8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lumonicsgallery]

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something more than sit on its ass in a museum. I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself. Painting, especially much better than words, allows oneself to express the various stages of thought, including the deeper levels, the underground stages of the mental process. If I didn’t think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn’t go on doing it. “Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.” I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all. I am for an artist who vanishes. Claes Oldenburg, born in Stockholm, Sweden on Jan 28, 1929 #clausoldenburg Lumonics is a performance space, gallery, sculpture studio, and art school based in Denver. It is among the first and longest-running light art studios  in the US, beginning in 1967. _____ Visit our #LumonicsGallery Instagram page, devoted to Lumonics art ____ Lumonics Mind Spa: Light Intersection at Understudy Gallery in the Denver Theater District from November 29 to January 30 #understudy_gallery _____ Lumonics is  honored to be selected as the opening exhibit of Meow Wolf Denver‘s Convergence Street Gallery, showcasing the work of light art pioneers Dorothy (1923-2020) and Mel Tanner (1925-1993). The opening is planned for the fall of 2021. (Dorothy had known this before her passing in July) #MeowWolfDenver ______ Lumonics was named one of ten Denver recipients of the #MeowWolf DIY Grant in 2019,  used to further the Lumonics School of Light Art. Instructor Marc Billard, co-director of Lumonics, passes on knowledge to the next generation of light artists and anyone wanting to stimulate his/her creativity. 1-session and 4-session classes begin every Saturday. Vocational education classes are also offered. ______ #lumonics #artschool #lumonicsschooloflightart #artwork  #denverart #light #lightsculpture #lightart  #dorothytanner #sculpture  #denverart #makeart #workshops #artclasses  #denverartist (at Lumonics School of Light Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpvmlwluiG/?igshid=1rcffuk87c5jv

[by-steve-martin]

Here's another fun piece for art lovers and those who call Philadelphia home, #clausoldenburg clothes pin in center city. New one of a kind embroidery hoop art, purchase at Black Moth or on Etsy #Philly #handmade right here in #Philadelphia support #smallbusiness #artist #designer #philadelphiaarts #limitededition #madeinphiladelphia #madeinphilly #etsy #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsyfinds #needlecraft #needlepoint #embroidery #embroideryart #tattooart #fiberart https://www.instagram.com/p/BrsZIeWFosj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q9f4rocn6gzo

[darinboville]

I grew up in Akron. I grew up hating this sculpture. I still hate it. From the Akron Art Museum. #akronartmuseum #art #artmuseum #clausoldenburg https://www.instagram.com/p/BpDvzJZh6zV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qvi4y4qrpaqa

[toddwilliamsonartist]

What an honor to work with Hans Peter Haas! Images from his studio and some of the amazing artists he has worked with over the years ,#hermannlederle #jamesrosenquist #clausoldenburg #richardprince #jamesfrancisgill #roylichenstein #jamesrizzi #hansmack and now #toddwilliamson !! (at Echterdingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnW5Gp3hQIo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6v4szbqoqxob

[toddwilliamsonartist]

What an honor to work with Hans Peter Haas! Images from his studio and some of the amazing artists he has worked with over the years ,#hermannlederle #jamesrosenquist #clausoldenburg #richardprince #jamesfrancisgill #roylichenstein #jamesrizzi #hansmack and now #toddwilliamson !! (at Echterdingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnW5Gp3hQIo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uthoxs5vijhh

[textileztextile]

Soft Sculpture Inspiration

Here are a few images of artists who create art using soft materials, often stuffed, that are sewn with a sewing machine or by hand, sometimes incorporating wrapping.

Soft sculptures can be constructed and stuffed from flat sheets of fabric or other soft materials to create pillow like form structures. Soft sculpture also lends itself well to incorporating a range of other materials with soft components and can be a great strategy to use in conjunction with found objects.

Soft Sculptures can be any scale, made for the wall, to hang or be freestanding. Artists working in soft sculpture develop their own strategies for structure utilizing armatures and interior supports as the scale and weight of projects dictate.

Generally, soft sculpture projects involve making samples to test out form, structure, and materials in a smaller scales before moving on to larger more ambitious final versions. Ideas for soft sculpture projects can be worked out using cut and taped paper or cardboard, so you tangibly work out how to create form and structure from planar materials.  

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Here are a few images of work by artists who could be described as making “soft sculpture” to get you thinking about what this could mean for your own art practice....

Yayoi Kusama

Michelle Carla Handel

Claus Oldenburg

Liz Nurenburg

Meret Oppenheim

Christo and Jean Claude

Dorthea Tanning

Hein Koh

Lee Bontecou

Zoe Buckman

[timothycurtis]

Gunsmoke #clausoldenburg #philadelphia