Appendix

ILL has already notified me that some of my requests were unable to be filled. Not a worry, I will simply make an appendix of unavailable works.

A Virtual Tour!

I spent some time on the Minneapolis Sculpture garden website today; it's pretty amazing, and even fun!
You can watch videos and even take a virtual tour of the garden!
http://garden.walkerart.org/tour.wac

A Rich Bibliography!

Once I have broadened by subject a bit, I am happy to find that as As I scour OCLC, I see that many types of resources from Allen Smith's list of resources may be repreented.

Minneapolis Scultpture Garden

I've realized that in the interest of finding all the necessary resources, I will need to broaden my topic a bit. I will also look at sources on the Minneaplois Sculpture Garden, where Spoonbridge is housed. I will include only those sources that discuss Spoonbridge, or are particularly good works on the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden as a whole. One way to discern the superior resources is to focus on those that occur in the several bibliographies I have been studying over the past few weeks. As I scour OCLC, I see that many types of resources from Allen Smith's list of resources may be represented.

OCLC

I did a rather brief yet fruitful search on the OCLC.
Being rather hopeful, I started with a subject search "Sculpture Bibliography," limiting it from 1988-2006. Unfortunately, the search yielded no results that could help me.

I continued by typing in "Spoonbridge and Cherry." As indicated in the bibliographic record, these materials mention Spoonbridge specifically, whether or not they delve into great length about it I do not know, nor will I until I examine the works.

I got 10 results from the "Spoonbridge and Cherry" search; certainly a good start, though I think I may need to broaden my topic. I broadened my search to Oldenburg, Claes. My results were plentiful and varied. I decided to start off by browsing the titles. Since I knew from my PIP research that construction on the piece began in 1985 and was finished in 1988, I decided that any "large scale projects" mentioned in books published after 1984 may be relevant.
I then searched "large scale objects", and "Oldenburg and Van Bruggen." At this point, many of the same reults began appearing.

Since the Sculpture garden's website mentioned that the spoon motif had appeared in earlier works, I looked for any planning, sketching, drawing (how many years?) before 1980. The latter search begins to explore the "prior works" and/or "planning" aspects of my research. I ordered several of these sources as well.

Once I have received and evaluated these sources, I plan on using each of the works' bibliographies for more sources.

PIP/ Sculpture Garden website

I've been doing some PIP (put it in perspective) research for Spoonbridge. Wikipedia did not have an entry for the piece, but rather, an entry for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Sculpture_Garden
This wasn't to helpful since I've already seen the piece and know a little about it from having visited the garden. However, there were links to the
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Artwork website:
http://garden.walkerart.org/artwork.wac
accessed 9/25/07
This website provided a wonderful backdrop of the piece. It gave a brief history of the piece, its dimensions, and a brief analysis of the work. It mentioned a few of Oldenburg's pieces, such as Chicago's Batcolumn. The site's map placed the Spoonbridge in its location in the garden. Some important facts included on this website:

*-Years of construction: 1985-1988

*-Gift of Frederick R. Weisman in honor of his parents
-Dimensions: 354 x 618 x 162 in., 5,800 pound spoon, 1,200 pound cherry
-Materials: Stainless steel, aluminum, paint
*-Artist's inspiration: Versaille and its "exagerated dining etiquette"(van Buggen) and spoon resting on a dollop of chocolate (Oldenburg)
*-The spoon had appeared in Oldenburg's previous drawings for years
*-The piece was constructed in two New England Shipyards

*indicates possible leads into further research on Spoonbridge



*Links to further information were included, to be explored at a later date.

Since it is from the Sculpture Garden itself, I believe this information is authoritative.

Introduction

My interest in Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Spoonbridge and Cherry began in July 2007. I was visiting friends in the lovely city of Minneapolis. One day we decided to brave the heat and tour the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The highlight of our excursion was the garden’s focal point, the giant spoon topped with a cherry. I had seen various images of the iconic sculpture for years, but had never sought out any information on it.

Until that day, I hadn’t particularly cared who Claes Oldenburg was. I had never known that the oversized utensil was actually a water fountain. Amongst friends who did not share my enthusiasm for the piece, I admired it. I wondered what would compel an artist to create such a piece. I was curious as to how it was created. I wanted to know the community’s reaction to it. Needless to say, Spoonbridge and Cherry was imprinted on my mind that day.

Three months later, it was my chance to learn more about Spoonbridge, as I have come to refer to it as. In my Literature of the Humanities class we were assigned a research project on a topic within the humanities. The looming spoon and fruit immediately came to mind.

Before I actually commit to researching this piece for the next three months, I need to be sure that there is a rich bibliography on the subject. I will consider broadening my scope to include other pieces of Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s, or the Minneapolis Sculpture garden itself. Perhaps I may abandon the topic altogether.

I will approach the research from an undergraduate's perspective, since I plan on utilizing many resources provided to me by universities.

My first step will be to compare the variety of readily available sources to those listed under Allen Smith’s list of “types of sources.” If there is a large variety of sources from the list that pertain to Spoonbridge, then I may construe that my bibliography on the topic is indeed rich.

Wish me luck.