Shuttlecocks

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Shuttlecocks is a famous outdoor sculpture installation by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, featuring giant badminton birdies displayed on the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf outdoor sculpture installation
public artwork
sculpture series
artisticApproach whimsical reinterpretation of sports equipment
artisticCollaboration Claes Oldenburg
surface form: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
artisticTheme playful enlargement of everyday objects
artMedium painted metal and plastic
associatedWith Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
surface form: Nelson-Atkins Museum sculpture park
category Outdoor sculptures in Missouri
Public art in Kansas City, Missouri
Claes Oldenburg
surface form: Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg

Sculptures by Coosje van Bruggen
commissionedBy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
context displayed on museum lawn as if in mid-game
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Claes Oldenburg
Coosje van Bruggen
depicts badminton shuttlecock
displayedAt grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
genre contemporary art
public art
hasColor orange
white
hasCoordinateLocation 39.044°N 94.580°W
hasPart east lawn shuttlecock
north lawn shuttlecock
south lawn shuttlecock
west lawn shuttlecock
height approximately 18 feet
imageSubject museum grounds as badminton court metaphor
inception 1994
installationType site-specific installation
installedOn lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
locatedIn Kansas City, Missouri, United States
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
material aluminum
fiberglass-reinforced plastic
movement Pop art
notableFor giant scale of badminton birdies
integration with museum lawn landscape
numberOfSculptures 4
owner Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
scale monumental
subjectOf photography by museum visitors
touristAttraction yes

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