http://www.artnews.com/2013/04/08/restoring-oldenburg-burge/
Bill Clarke discusses the opening of "Claes Oldenburg: The Street and in the Store" show at Museum of Modern Art in New York. One of the famous works, Floor Burger, 1962, is being restored because the paint on the sculpture is being chipped off. Art Gallery of Ontario conservator Sherry Phillips is working on the restoration of paint as well as the foam and ice cream cartons the burger was stuffed with. They saw pictures of the burger back in the 60's to help fix the inflation of it. There are urban legends behind the pickle that Oldenburg is amused by. I thought that it was amusing the amount of care the team is taking to make it to its original quality. I felt that this Burger represented consumption in America and it was ironic to me that they were trying their best to conserve it, as if they were trying to protect consumption.
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