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# Claes Oldenburg Unveils Fourth Large-Scale Sculpture in Philadelphia
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/philadelphia-claes-oldenburg-paint-torch/
- Published: 2011-10-03T15:06:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:48:37.000Z
- Description: The City of Brotherly Love must love supersized objects because they now have a fourth large-scale art work by Pop art master Claes Oldenburg.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, #image-position-hidden, Claes Oldenburg, Philadelphia, Public Art, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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Views of Claes Oldenburg's newest public art work, "Paint Torch" (2011), in Philadelphia by Lulu Hoeller. (images via flickr.com/toaireisdivine)

The City of Brotherly Love must love supersized objects because they now have a fourth large-scale art work by Pop art master Claes Oldenburg.

This past weekend, the 82-year-old artist traveled to Philadelphia to officially unveil the 51-foot-tall “Paint Torch” (2011) outside the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It is the first major large-scale work by the artist to incorporate a [light feature](http://www.flickr.com/photos/toaireisdivine/6202305864/in/photostream?ref=hyperallergic.com).

You can find a video that documents the installation of the art work [here](http://www.pafa.org/painttorch/?ref=hyperallergic.com).