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Claes oldenburg born january 28 1929 is a swedish born american sculptor best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects.

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Perhaps already worried about potential controversy that would ignite. The work created in 1962 by pop art pioneer claes oldenburg was initially titled giant hamburger. 27 1967 for 2 000. A bang for your buck belly filler available for dine in and delivery.

Floor burger s been in the ago s permanent collection since early 1967 having been purchased from new york s sidney janis gallery for 2 000 u s. Fire house burger from bully s pub is a spicy burger glazed with buffalo dip topped with jalapeno poppers lettuce onion pickles cheddar cheese and spicy mustard sauce. A checkers employee has been fired for wiping a burger bun on the kitchen floor. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.

Globe mail photo and headline from feb. Floor burger stands 4 feet 4 inches tall by 7 feet in diameter and the acquisition was not without protest from the public who viewed the sculpture as not appropriate for the gallery. Acrylic on canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes. The art gallery of ontario is home to claes oldenburg s work floor burger created in 1962 and purchased by the ago for their permanent collection in 1967.

Bully s pub. The ago purchased the floor burger from the sidney janis gallery in new york on jan. Malcom says the incident shown happened several weeks ago. The art gallery of ontario purchased the floor burger from the sidney janis gallery in new york on jan.

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Hill is talking about the response in 1967 to news that the ago had purchased floor burger 1962 claes oldenburg s deadpan outsize sculpture of a hamburger. Lunch dinner scooby snack whatever the reason it doesn t matter. The purchase is now thought prescient. Floor burger acquired in a ketchup swirl of controversy.

And if that little lot isn t enough it s served with fries and coleslaw. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife coosje van bruggen who died in 2009. Oldenburg is an undisputed modern master and floor burger has become one of the most beloved pieces in the ago collection. How does the sound of a new york double burger with fries grab you today.

Torontonians thought floor burger transgressed accepted standards of what art should be. Art gallery of ontario toronto canada.