Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Rauschenberg dies

Posted by John Stoehr on Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:29 AM

This from the AP report.

TAMPA, Fla. - Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died, his gallery representative said Tuesday. He was 82.

Rauschenberg died Monday, said Jennifer Joy, his representative at Pace Wildensteins.

Rauschenberg, who first gained fame in the 1950s, didn't mine popular culture wholesale as Andy Warhol did with Campbell's soup cans and Roy Lichtenstein did with comic books.

Instead, his "combines," incongruous combinations of three-dimensional objects and paint, shared pop's blurring of art and objects from modern life.

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"Bold" says the Daily News. Rubish! Bad manners and political excess is the norm. Lib idiocracy.

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Posted by V Racer on December 2, 2007 at 5:30 PM

It is definitely a sad day for us all. Even though Rauschenberg used some Pop elements in his work, he brought a much different perspective to everyday life that Warhol or Lichtenstein. I think on some levels his revelations were much darker, as some of the symbolism in his combines are very deep, but with enough mental scraping, you found real beauty in his ideas and imagery.

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Posted by Chris Rusak on May 13, 2008 at 11:49 AM

It is definitely a sad day for us all. Even though Rauschenberg used some Pop elements in his work, he brought a much different perspective to everyday life that Warhol or Lichtenstein. I think on some levels his revelations were much darker, as some of the symbolism in his combines are very deep, but with enough mental scraping, you found real beauty in his ideas and imagery.

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Posted by Chris Rusak on May 13, 2008 at 11:49 AM
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