Ice Bag - Scale B
Artist/Maker
Claes Oldenburg
(United States (born Sweden), 1929-2022)
Date1971
Mediumnylon, fiberglass and mechanical components
DimensionsOverall: 40 × 48 in. (101.6 × 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Jay I. Kislak
Terms
Object number81.0139
DescriptionTypical of Oldenburg's other sculptures, Ice Bag, despite its size, is a transformational, rather than a static object. It is being given to fluctuations in dimensions and proportions by design as well as by chance or gravity. In this regard, the kinetic sculpture is also organic, even anthropomorphic. Per the definition and use of a real ice pack, Oldenburg's sculpture is appropriately malleable, mechanically inflating and deflating in imitation of the properties of an actual ice pack, whose shape is altered depending on the amount or condition of its contents.On View
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