Robert Rauschenberg- More Artist Inspiration!

(Rauschenberg with a chicken!)


(Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959, mixed media)


Robert Rauschenberg
Born in Port Arthur, Texas on October 22, 1925, Rauschenberg passed away from heart failure at the age of 82 on May 12, 2008. The American artist was most famous for his works in abstract expressionism and pop art during the 1950’s. A lot of his work usually consists of sculpture, performance, printmaking, photography and painting. Although, a lot of this work isn’t the traditional take on the mediums used. For Rauschenberg his paintings included not only using a paintbrush but also using collages, silk-screening, transferring and imprinting through the use of various materials, from canvas board to sheet metal, Plexiglas, plaster and paper. He was even once quoted as saying that he wanted to work “in the gap between art and life,” which shows his questioning and interest in using everyday objects from life with art objects. Primarily, Rauschenberg works with themes of using the observer to create the art’s meaning as well as using found objects that could be used in his silk-screening process. Towards the early 60’s, a lot of his paintings started to incorporate found objects and even photographs, but also while still incorporating themes of painting and drawing. I really enjoy Raushchenberg’s work more for the formal aspect of it, and not so much the theme or meaning. A lof of the techniques used, such as using streaks of paint and plastering up found objects to walls and other areas, are techniques that I hope to one day explore with instillation pieces. Although I won’t have the opportunity to plaster or glue anything up onto the walls of Anne Arundel, I still enjoy the process and creativity of Rauschenberg’s work.



(Rauschenberg in front of several of his paintings of Kennedy)



(Robert Rauschenberg,Persimmon, 1984, oil, silkscreen ink on canvas)

http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/index.php
Rauschenberg Foundation Site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg
Wikipedia site


Other links for more info:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/robert-rauschenberg/about-the-artist/49/