Grade: K.9
Print: Two
Cheeseburgers
with Everything
(Dual
Hamburgers),
1962 Burlap
soaked in
plaster, painted
with enamel
We do not have
a print for this.
Please refer to
the digital files
on the Lawton Art Docent blog for this piece as well as other Oldenburg
work. We do have a print of his Spoonbridge with Cherry sculpture from
the Walker Art Museum.
Original size: 14.75 in Wide x 7.0 in. High x 8.75 in. wide x 8.75 in. deep
Artist: Claes Oldenburg (1929- ) (pronounced CLAHSS OLD-EN-BURG)
Materials:
Long strips of white construction paper
Scraps of yellow, brown, red, blue, green, purple paper
Cotton balls
Glue
Biography:
Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in
the United States. He became famous in the 1960’s with his over-scaled
sculptures inspired by food and other domestic items. He is one of the
foremost exponents of the Pap Art movement. Oldenburg explores the
ironic and humorous aspects of common objects by grossly distorting
them in scale, shape and material. He is noted for soft sculptures of
stuffed cloth and giant object. His gigantic monument, Lipstick, was
erected at Yale in 1969. Currently on loan at the Olympic Sculpture Park,
here in Seattle, is his, Typewriter-eraser, Scale X, 1999.
Suggested Presentation + Questions to ask the children:
 Start out your presentation by showing a picture of, Typewritereraser, Scale X, which the children might have seen at the Olympic
Sculpture Park. Ask the kids if they have seen this?
 Next show the picture of Two Cheeseburgers with Everything.
 Have the children talk about all their favorite hamburger toppings,
and their least favorite toppings.
 This project will be about building their own hamburger with all the
fixings. They will hopefully learn a new art word upon completion –
Collage.
 Ask the children “What is art to them?”
Related Art Project:
http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org/2011/03/10/kindergarten-mile-highhamburgers/
1. The students will create a Mile High Hamburger using a strip of white
construction paper. Allow them to use their own interpretation of what a
cheeseburger is, just make it fun.
2. Pass out pencil and scrap paper to each student and have them
sketch out their design. Once they are satisfied with their design they are
ready to begin.
3. Pass out the long strips of white construction paper. Have the kids put
their name on the back.
4. Pass out the different colored scrap construction paper with scissors and
let them begin to tear or cut out and assembly their burger. When they
are happy with their cheeseburger they can begin to glue onto their
white paper strips.
5. Remember to encourage individual creativity.
6. When completed let to dry!
Additional resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx38g_lWdls&sns=em
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Oldenburg
Vocabulary: Collage
Yum!