IV:Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: Selected Exhibitions

1977 Skulptur'- Ausstellung in Münster. Permanent installation of the Pool Balls, Aasee, Münster, Germany.

1980 Large-Scale Projects, 1977-1980. Full scale replica of Crusoe Umbrella and Flashlight, with models and drawings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

1985 Il Corso del Coltello, Performance at the Arsenale, Venice Italy. Click here for more images of Il Corso del Coltello.

1988 Coltello Recalled: Reflections on a Performance. Scenes from performance of Il Corso del Coltello, re-staged at Japanese - American Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Followed by exhibitions of props, costumes, and Knife/Ship in Madrid, New York, Paris and Los Angeles, 1986-1987. Click here for more images of Knife/Ship.

1987 The Haunted House. Sculptures made for Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany.

1988- Bottle of Notes. Sculptures, models, drawings and notes. 1989 Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England. Travelled to Leeds, Swansea, London, England; Brussels, Belgium; Valencia, Spain; Malmö, Sweden; Duisburg, Germany; Tampere, Finland.

1990 The European Desk Top. Sculptures based on poems and reflections by van Bruggen on the history of Europe. Christian Stein Gallery, Milan.

1994 Large Scale Projects. Drawings and Sculpture. Pace Gallery, New York.

1999 Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen. Sculptures, models and drawings together with the Large-Scale Project, Lions Tail, for the Piazza San Marco. Correr Museum, Venice, Italy.

2001 Down Liquidambar Lane: Sculpture in the Park. Sculptures in a garden scale, sited by van Bruggen on grounds of Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal.

2001 On the Roof. The sculptures Plantoir, Architect's Handkerchief, Corridor Pin, and Shuttlecock Pies positioned by van Bruggen on the roof terrace overlooking Central Park, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Click here for more images of On The Roof

2002 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The sculptures Balzac- Pétanque, Floating Banana and other recent works. Pace/Wildenstein Gallery, New York.

2002 Unwound and Entwined: Recent Projects by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen opened at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 16, 2002, in conjunction with the dedication of the Meijer Sculpture Park, which features Plantoir, 2001. The exhibition, which closed August 17, included highlights from last year's show at Museu Serralves.

2002 Claes Oldenburg with Coosje van Bruggen, Drawings 1992-1998. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

2004 Images a la Carte. Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. www.paulacoopergallery.com. Exhibition traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany, at the Konrad Fischer Galerie, in 2005. www.konradfischergalerie.de

2005 The Music Room. PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York For images and more information, see www.PaceWildenstein.com.

Group exhibitions

1989 Magiciens de la Terre. The Entropic Library, an indoor Large Scale Project. La Grande Halle, la Villette, Paris.

1993 Four Rooms and a House Ball: Pop and the Everyday Object. Houseball, with models. Guggenheim Museum, Soho, New York.

1997 Future, Present, Past. Valentine Perfume, installed in the rotunda of the Italian Pavilion. Biennale XLVII, Venice, Italy.

2000 Encounters: New Art from Old. Installation of Resonances, after J.V., three dimensional variation on Vermeer's paintings in the collection. National Gallery, London.

2002 American Legacy - Gift to New York. Soft Viola and Soft Viola Island. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.