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Photos: 'Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties'

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At the Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties exhibit, museum visitors can see some of the artist's early sculptures of food and everyday items in "The Store" Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 during a media preview at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The show runs Sept. 22, 2013 through Jan. 12, 2014.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson

This weekend the Walker Art Center opens "Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties," an enormous show of the early work of the artist who gave the city one of its landmarks.

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The Claes Oldenburg sculpture "Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag" on display during a media preview Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 at the Walker Art Center.
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At the Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties exhibit, museum visitors can see some of the artist's early sculptures of food and everyday items in "The Store" Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 during a media preview at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The show runs Sept. 22, 2013 through Jan. 12, 2014.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson
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Artist Claes Oldenburg's sketches on display Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The museum exhibit, which runs through Jan. 12, 2014, features Oldenburg's early work from the 1960s.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson