Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen call their sculptures Large-Scale Projects because of their exaggerated size. The larger their size the more important they appear. Think about everyday objects, like a trowel, and how important they are in our lives. If you are a gardener or love to pick flowers you might have a different response to a trowel than someone who has never worked in a flowerbed. You might also just marvel at the unusual shape. In other words, you might just look at it, not for what it does, but for what it is—a work of art.

 

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