Coosje van Bruggen
Coosje van Bruggen | |
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 van Bruggen and her husband, Claes Oldenburg | |
| Born | Jacoba Wilhelmina Hendrika van Bruggen June 6, 1942 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Died | January 10, 2009 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | List of public art by Oldenburg and van Bruggen |
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| Children | 2 |
Coosje van Bruggen (June 6, 1942 – January 10, 2009) was a Dutch-born American sculptor, art historian, and critic.[1] She collaborated extensively with her husband, Claes Oldenburg.
Biography
Born to a physician in Groningen, van Bruggen studied history of art at the
Work
She began working with her new husband, sculptor
At her instigation, the couple branched out into indoor installation and performance art. In 1985 they collaborated on Il Corso del Coltello (“The Course of the Knife”), a performance piece in Venice, Italy, with the architect Frank Gehry, whom van Bruggen had met in 1982 when she was on the selection committee for documenta 7 in Kassel.[1]
Since the early 1980s van Bruggen worked as an independent critic and curator. She contributed articles to
Van Bruggen was the author of scholarly books and essays on the work of major contemporary artists including
Van Bruggen and Oldenburg were based in New York for many years, but they also lived and worked for extensive periods in Los Angeles and, since 1992, at Château de la Borde in Beaumont-sur-Dême, in the Loire Valley of France.
One U.S. installation the pair collaborated on is the fiberglass and steel
In 2021, Pace Gallery presented an exhibition of van Bruggen's collaborative work with Claes Oldenburg spanning the 1980s to the late 2000s.[6]
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Bottle O'Notes (Middlesbrough) -
Flying Pins (2000), Eindhoven -
Houseball, Berlin
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Awards
Together with Oldenburg, van Bruggen received numerous awards including the Distinction in Sculpture, Sculpture Center, New York (1994); Nathaniel S. Saltonstall Award,
The estate of van Bruggen is represented by The Pace Gallery, New York.
Death
After a long battle with breast cancer, van Bruggen died at her residence in Los Angeles in 2009, aged 66.[3]
Sculptures
- Pool Balls (1977), Münster
- Spitzhacke (1982), Kassel
- Gartenschlauch (1983), Freiburg im Breisgau
- Screwarch (1983), Rotterdam
- Cross section of a Toothbrush with Paste, in a Cup, on a Sink: Portrait of Coosje's Thinking (1983), Krefeld
- Balancing Tools (1984), Weil am Rhein
- Knife Ship I (1985), Bilbao
- Spoonbridge and Cherry (1988), Minneapolis
- Bicyclette Ensevelie (1990) Parc de la Villette, Paris
- Free Stamp (1991) Willard Park, Cleveland
- Mistos (1992), Barcelona
- Bottle of Notes (1993), Middlesbrough
- Inverted Collar and Tie (1994), Frankfurt
- Houseball (1996), Berlin
- Torn Notebook (1996), Lincoln, Nebraska
- Lion's Tail (1999), Venice
- Ago, Filo e Nodo (2000), Milan
- Flying Pins (2000), Eindhoven
- Dropped Cone (2001), Cologne
- Cupid's Span (2002), San Francisco
- Spiral (2006), Seoul
- Clothespin (1976), Philadelphia
- Split Button (1981), Philadelphia
See also
References
- ^ a b c Kino, Carol. January 13, 2009. Coosje van Bruggen, Sculptor, Dies at 66, The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e Suzanne Muchnich (January 13, 2009), "Coosje van Bruggen dies at 66; art historian made sculptures with husband Claes Oldenburg". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b Richard Lacayo (January 13, 2009), Coosje van Bruggen: 1942-2009 Time).
- ^ Mike Boehm (March 1, 2008), 'Collar and Bow' -- and then a suit Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Hoge, Patrick (November 23, 2002). "S.F. struck by love / Cupid's big bow gets rise out of passers-by". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Shared History". ocula.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
External links
Media related to Coosje van Bruggen at Wikimedia Commons- Website Oldenburg and van Bruggen
