Claes Oldenburg Movies
- 1980
The Shock of the New
The Shock of the New6.51980HD
A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes.
- 1975
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein01975HD
In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada,...
- 1967
Poem Posters
Poem Posters01967HD
... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...
- 1964
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of01964HD
Shot during Warhol's cross-county trip to Los Angeles during his second exhibition at the Ferus - the same trip during which he filmed the footage...
- 2011
Manhattan Mouse Museum
Manhattan Mouse Museum02011HD
Manhattan Mouse Museum takes a glimpse into the world of American Pop Art icon Claes Oldenburg as he tends to an assembly of small curios, objects,...
- 2006
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Who Gets to Call It Art?6.72006HD
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.
- 1970
Sort of a Commercial for an Icebag
Sort of a Commercial for an Icebag4.41970HD
This short film sees the thoughts and process of Claes Oldenburg come to life as he produced the soft kinetic sculptures from his ice bag series at...
- 2023
All Kinds of Love
All Kinds of Love02023HD
Tilda Swinton recites a poem by Claes Oldenburg.
- 1995
Ein Schlips steht Kopf
Ein Schlips steht Kopf01995HD
- 1963
Voyages II
Voyages II01963HD
A Film of a Claes Oldenburg Happening, Ray Gun Theater, 1962.
- 1961
Fotodeath
Fotodeath31961HD
An experimental film from Al Kouzel which edits unrelated scenes together with a camera tying them together.
- 1969
Heads
Heads01969HD
Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.
- 1971
The Great Ice-Cream Robbery
The Great Ice-Cream Robbery01971HD
Two screens of film about - and sometimes shot by - Claes Oldenburg, detailing his inspiration, his methods and his relationship with his partner...
- 1967
Grimace
Grimace01967HD
Produced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred artists, gallery owners and critics grimacing to the...
- 1963
Scarface and Aphrodite
Scarface and Aphrodite01963HD
Based on a "Happening" by Claes Oldenburg, with a cast of twenty.
- 1975
Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years
Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years01975HD
Gathering inspiration from the world around him, Claes Oldenburg has dedicated his career to giving objects life. What many would see only as their...
- 1975
Hannah's Haircut
Hannah's Haircut01975HD
Hannah Wilke, upon Tschinkel's suggestion, cuts fellow artist, Claes Oldenburg's hair, which is taped for Tschinkel's Manhattan Cable TV show,...
- 1967
Art of the Sixties
Art of the Sixties01967HD
This film documents the major directions in modern American art during the first seven years of the 1960s. The keynote is that the artist has...
- 1963
Nekropolis I
Nekropolis I01963HD
A Film of a Claes Oldenburg Happening, Ray Gun Theater, 1962.
- 1962
Pat's Birthday
Pat's Birthday51962HD
Breer was influenced by the new performance art and "happenings" making waves in the avant-garde of Europe and New York. He worked briefly with Claes...