Claes Oldenburg and his first wife, Patty Oldenburg (Patty Mucha), are seen entering the Dallas Museum of Contemporary Arts at 3415 Cedar Springs Road in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas; they are also seen walking through Claes Oldenburg’s Pop Art installation “The Store,” part of a group show at the DMCA called “1961”; Oldenburg is seen standing next to posters for the original “Store” exhibition in New York City (in 1961) and for the upcoming presentation of “Injun,” a performance-art “happening” staged by his Ray Gun Theater while he was in Dallas, on April 6 and 7, 1962 (these were the first such “happenings” which occurred outside New York or Los Angeles); Patty is seen holding various sculptures depicting food and other retail items, pieces which she helped to craft in collaboration with her husband; at the end Oldenburg pretends to purchase an item from Patty, who pretends to ring up the item on the store’s “cash register” and then hands him change (Silent). WFAA Collection
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