Claes Oldenburg, Shelf Life, Number 15, 2016-17, Mixed media © 2018 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen / Photo by Kerry Ryan McFate Museum Exhibitions Claes Oldenburg Shelf Life Museum of Fine Arts, BostonAugust 11 – December 2, 2018 An exploration of how ideas regarding artistic process, product, and practice resonate across time, Claes Oldenburg: Shelf Life juxtaposes contemporary sculpture by Claes Oldenburg with a selection of 17th-century Dutch still life paintings from the MFA’s collection.The series, which recently debuted at Pace Gallery's exhibition in the fall of 2017, is a set of 15 mixed-media sculptures, each comprising a custom-made shelf upon which the artist has arranged a display of miniature objects that reference his most iconic works—many of them outsized sculptures or large-scale public art installations created over the past six decades.Read more about the exhibition on the museum's (opens in a new window) website. Read More Journal View All News Future Plans for the Estates of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Mar 22, 2023 News Remembering Claes Oldenburg Jul 18, 2022 Essays Artist Precious Okoyomon Talks Collaboration, World Building, and Il Corso del Coltello Aug 15, 2021 Films The Storied Origins of “Il Corso del Coltello” Aug 15, 2021 Museum Exhibitions — Claes Oldenburg's "Shelf Life" at MFA Boston, Jul 23, 2018