Claes Oldenburg

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.