Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist whose work bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art in the mid-twentieth century.
His "combines"—hybrid works incorporating found objects, fabric, and paint—challenged boundaries between painting and sculpture.
The museum acquired a major Rauschenberg from the 1960s.
The name sometimes appears as shorthand for his distinctive aesthetic of assemblage and appropriation.
Merge, or harvesting machine
- assemblageCollected group of things
- found objectRepurposed everyday item as art
- CanyonDeep, narrow valley
- mixed mediaArt combining diverse materials
three-dimensional · junk art · detritus · accumulation · everyday objects · rubber tire · pillow · quilt
Stencil printing through mesh
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- screenprintStencil printing through mesh
- layeringForming successive strata
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
mass media · newspaper clippings · edition · ink · squeegee · registration · transparency
Gestural, nonrepresentational American painting movement
- Pop ArtConsumer-culture visual movement
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- anti-artRejection of conventional aesthetics
conceptual art · intermediary · precursor · transitional · Duchamp · readymade
Prepared piano inventor
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
- performanceCarrying out a task
- set designCrafting theatrical environments
- costume designCreating performers' period attire
Act of wiping away
- absenceState of not being
- tabula rasaUnmarked mental starting point
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- negationDenial or cancellation
collaboration · permission · destruction · creation · gesture · dematerialization · provocation
combine
Merge, or harvesting machine
- assemblageCollected group of things
- found objectRepurposed everyday item as art
- CanyonDeep, narrow valley
mixed media · three-dimensional · junk art · detritus · accumulation · everyday objects · rubber tire · pillow · quilt · Coca-Cola
silkscreen
Stencil printing through mesh
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- screenprintStencil printing through mesh
- layeringForming successive strata
appropriation · mass media · newspaper clippings · edition · ink · squeegee · registration · transparency
Abstract Expressionism
Gestural, nonrepresentational American painting movement
- Pop ArtConsumer-culture visual movement
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
anti-art · conceptual art · intermediary · precursor · transitional · Duchamp · readymade
John Cage
Prepared piano inventor
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
- performanceCarrying out a task
- set designCrafting theatrical environments
erasure
Act of wiping away
- absenceState of not being
- tabula rasaUnmarked mental starting point
- silenceTotal lack of sound
negation · collaboration · permission · destruction · creation · gesture · dematerialization · provocation
RauschenbergAbstract Expressionism
Gestural, nonrepresentational American painting movement