Analysis: The Lipstick On Caterpillar Tracks

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Art and war have gone hand in hand for centuries, people make art to convey a message and to make a statement about current event; The Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks and the Column of Trajan are both prime examples of art made to convey certain themes. The Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks made by Claes Oldenburg in 1969 was a monumental statement made during the unsettling era around the Vietnam War in America; many young people during this time found their voices and took a stand against the government and war efforts. The sculpture is a 24 ft. tall brightly painted structure depicting a massive tube of hot red lipstick ascending from a plywood war tank; they artist and his Yale architectural student peers never intended for the

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