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Spoonbridge and Cherry: "Why Not a Fork?"

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As their iconic fountain-sculpture was being installed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in 1988, artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen spoke with school children about the ideas behind Spoonbridge and Cherry.

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