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| Clothespin by Claes Oldenburg |
Do you recognize this object? How is a clothespin used? Why it is called a clothespin?
The artist, Claes Oldenburg, is known for making sculptures of everyday objects. We saw one two years ago titled Typewriter Eraser.
Oldenburg often makes his sculptures of everyday objects MUCH bigger than the actual object. Oldenburg made a monumental version of this sculpture - in other words, a REALLY big clothespin that is 45 feet tall and 12 feet wide!
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| Clothespin, Center Square Plaza in Philadelphia, 1976, Cor-Ten and stainless steel Photo credit: R. Tarver for GPTMC |
To finish our tour, students imagined what this big clothespin might hold. Some examples: a big bag of chips, the nose of a dad changing a dirty diaper, and socks!
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