Claes Oldenburg Plans Monumental Paintbrush Sculpture for Philadelphia

Good news for Philadelphia: Claes Oldenburg is planning to paint the town…well, he has yet to settle on a color. The artist will erect a towering paintbrush sculpture for a new plaza planned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The steel and fiberglass brush, angled upward and reaching the roofline of a nearby academic building, will be accompanied by a dollop of paint on the ground below. “It’s not exactly a dab,” said Oldenburg at a recent press conference.