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VCE Studio Arts: Claes Oldenburg

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The State Library subscribes to databases containing thousands of academic journals, magazines  and newspaper articles. To find these in a single search click here and then either follow the instructions on the PDF or watch the video


For reference material search the databases below:

 Oxford Art Online
Includes full text drawn from Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Covers western and non-western art, architecture, decorative arts and photography.

 
Extensive collection of online reference books, encyclopaedias and dictionaries covering the arts, business and management, humanities and social sciences. Includes:
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
The Oxford Dictionary of Art
A Dictionary of Modern Design
A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Oxford Companion to Western Art
 
 
 

Video clip of Claes Oldenburg

Video from MoMA: Claes Oldenburg | Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing

Digital Video Clip from the Khan Academy

 Dr. Beth Harris and  Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Oldenburg's "Floor Cake." (1962) (MoMA).

From the MoMA website

MoMA
A range of resources can be sourced by entering Claes Oldenburg into the search box on the MoMA website. The biography and audio clip below have been taken from the website.The MoMA website also includes an interesting blog about a project at MoMA by the Conservation Dept to investigate Floor Cake.

 

Video Clip from MoMA - Flags

MoMA

Claes Oldenburg from The Guggenheim

Walker Art Centre - website. Spoonbridge and Cherry Sculpture.

Exhibition Review

Journal Article from "Art History"

Artcyclopedia - website

Databases - Includes Reference Material, Journal Articles, Newspapers etc.

GGS Databases

There is a range of material available on Claus Oldenburg in the following databases: