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 Films Claes Oldenburg's This & That: The Origin Story of 'Geometric Mouse' Aug 15, 2025 Films Claes Oldenburg’s This & That: Sculptures You Can Hear Aug 01, 2025 Films How Claes Oldenburg Redefined What Sculpture Can Be Jul 29, 2025 Films Claes Oldenburg's This & That: Animating the Ice Cream Cone Jul 14, 2025 Museum Exhibitions — Claes Oldenburg's "Shelf Life" at MFA Boston, Jul 23, 2018