News about Claes Oldenburg

CRAIG BROWN: There is a new craze in India for massive statues, the older and wider the better. A colossal sculpture of B.R.'s social reformer will be unveiled tomorrow. In Hyderabad, Ambedkar, 38 meters (125ft) high or 53 meters (174ft) including its base, will be unveiled. A helicopter would fly over it after its unveiling, showering it with flowers. In Mumbai, another monument, this time of Mr Ambedkar, is also under construction. It will be the third highest structure in the world at 137 meters (450 feet), with the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, which will scale to 240 meters (790 feet) including its huge pedestal. They all make Nelson's Column seem to be based on Polly Pocket's pencil. Nelson's statue itself, although it is 52 meters (169ft), is only about three times life-size.