Description:
Layered print with translucent images of the back of a nude woman in red ink at right, a headlight in blue ink at left, 18th century portrait of a woman at the center, soldiers with helmuts and gun sitting in a rubber raft in the surft, the top section of a battleship at the bottom, a street sign, a glass of water sitting on a table, the top of a letter with the return address of the Paris Review and a stamp at the top, all on a background of grid paper.
Label Text:
A graduate of the influential Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Robert Rauschenberg, gained prominence in the New York art scene as his “Neo Dadaist” work was often seen as a transition between Abstract Expressionism and Pop. Robert Rauschenberg often drew upon actual everyday objects to create his works of art. Famous for his combines and works of accumulation, Rauschenberg here collects printed debris into a fragmented whole. Rauschenberg appropriates images from mass media, the art historical canon, and everyday life. By combining these images of industry, war, art history, and correspondence Rauschenberg presents the viewer with a fractured image of the present.
Kristen Rudy and Rebecca Bernard, MA Art History, 2012, Curatorial Fellows, The Domestic Sphere Goes Pop.
Tags:
women; military; nudes; collages Link to share this object record:
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