The Everyday Monumental

Claes Oldenburg: Hero of Noticing. Plus a streaming tip, and The Heard

I’m certainly no expert on the artist Claes Oldenburg, who died this week at age 93. But he made a distinct impression on me when I first encountered his work many years ago.

While I’ve forgotten some details — what year it was, which museum, etc.; I was quite young and basically had no art education, even informal — I do remember being struck by his dr…