Claes Oldenburg, Jack Smith

Info: The starting point for this exhibition is a giant pink cake that Claes Oldenburg designed in 1963 for Jack Smith’s film Normal Love. The original cardboard maquette for this sculpture is shown alongside related artworks, books, ephemera, and archival material by both artists. (…) We would like to thank David Fleiss, Galerie 1900–2000, Philip E. Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons, Fernanda Eberstadt and Alastair Bruton, The Estate of Jack Smith at Gladstone Gallery, Lilly Bajraktari, The Estate of Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Steven Henry, Paula Cooper Gallery, Fales Library at New York University, The Getty Research Institute, Glenn Phillips, Timothy Baum, Jon Buller and Susan Schade, Ann Goldstein and Christopher Williams, Michael Krebber, Louise Lawler, Annie Ochmanek, and Jay Sanders for their essential contributions to the exhibition. Location: Christophstr. 18, 50670 Cologne.