Coosje van Bruggen

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Coosje van Bruggen (born June 6, 1942 in Groningen , † January 10, 2009 in Los Angeles ) was an American sculptor , art historian and art critic of Dutch origin. She was the artistic partner and wife of the sculptor Claes Oldenburg .

life and work

After studying art history at the University of Groningen , van Bruggen worked at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam from 1967 to 1971 . From 1971 to 1976 she had a teaching position at the Academy for Art and Industry Enschede . She worked with Claes Oldenburg since 1976, and the couple married in 1977. In 1978 van Bruggen moved to New York, and in 1993 she became a US citizen.

Together with Oldenburg, the artist designed several large sculptures, including the Inverted Collar and Tie in Frankfurt . Van Bruggen has worked as an independent curator and art critic since the early 1980s, and in 1982 she was a member of the selection committee of documenta 7 . Van Bruggen published works on the early works of Oldenburg, on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the works of Bruce Nauman . Van Bruggen's sculptures are assigned to the Pop Art style .

Coosje van Bruggen died of breast cancer in Los Angeles in early January 2009 .

  • Bottle O'Notes (Middlesborough)

  • Flying Pins (2000), Eindhoven

  • Houseball , Berlin

  • Spring (2006), Seoul

Sculptures in Europe

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personal data
SURNAME Bruggen, Coosje van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-American artist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Groningen , the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2009
Place of death los Angeles