Ode To Possibilities, By Claes Oldenburg

Ode To Possibilities, By Claes Oldenburg

ART OF EVERYDAY CRAP

In his 'Ode to Possibilities', Claes Oldenburg maintained, "I am for an art that embroils itself with the everyday crap and still comes out on top." While so many Modernists rejected the tools and medium of "fine art" to make art of "everyday crap" using advertisements, packaging, newspapers, cardboard, commodities and rubbish, there may be several reasons for this, including opposition to consumerism, opposition to the previous movements and desire to draw distinctions, and the lack of resources and the need to make one's living. As stated in the Dada Manifesto, "When a writer or artist is praised by the newspapers, it is a proof of the intelligibility of his work: wretched lining of a coat for public use; tatters ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Conceptual art is the one where materials and techniques are replaced by ideas and concepts, creating art objects that are expected to serve a particular artistic idea. Dadaism initially coined by Marcel Duchamp was one of the branches of conceptual art, showing how the idea may be primary in creating a work of art. Joseph Kosuth's "The Boundaries of the Limitless" is an example of conceptualism, seen in Figure 4, while the collage "Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer–Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany" by Hannah Höch represents Dadaism, seen in Figure 5. Although the distinctions between styles and movements may be no as clear as their value for the viewers, these artworks still represent the ideas of the artists applied through the extraordinary use of resources and techniques without limiting it to a gallery or a private collection, making them accessible and usable to some

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