Claes Oldenburg (1929 - 2022)
Tea Bag
Title
Tea Bag
Dating
1965
Material/Technique
Painted plastic and texile on paper panel
Dimensions
Mått 100,00 x 72,00 x 10,00 cm
Category
Inventory number
Sk 516
Acquisition
Purchase, 1970
Display Status
Description
Claes Oldenburg is one of the central figures of Pop art. He was born in Sweden, but grew up and works in the US. Oldenburg is best known for his installations that represent enlarged everyday objects elevated to the level of art. It could be a shuttlecock, a frankfurter, or, as here, a tea bag. It has been his enduring interest to challenge our unthinking glance by giving hard objects a soft form.
Per Dahlström 2014
Signature/Inscription
Signature: Osign
Literature
Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Björn Fredlund, Anna Hyltze, Philippa Nanfeldt, Isabella Nilsson, Johan Sjöström, Samlingen Göteborgs konstmuseum, red. Kristoffer Arvidsson, Per Dahlström, Anna Hyltze, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Göteborg 2014., p. 411, ill. p. 410