Pop Artist Claes Oldenburg's Legendary Lower East Side Store Comes To MoMA (But You'll Have To Buy Your Chickenwire ... Every Friday through Sunday in the early 1960s, the artist Claes Oldenburg worked in a shop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The store was stocked with everything from lingerie to blueberry pies. Prices weren't exactly competitive with those of neighboring businesses – ranging from $21.79 to $899.95 – nor were the goods up to standard. Crudely made out of painted plaster and chickenwire ...
June 11, 2013 - Forbes