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"Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)"
-- Robert Rauschenberg, 1959
Elegy for Robert Rauschenberg is an homage to an artist who was my personal hero, and my nemesis, in my student years. He was my hero because of the infallibility of his touch, and the constancy of his ability to invent and re-invent the potency and power of visual art — to push the boundaries of what art could be. He was my nemesis because I saw him as pure genius and his every gesture as perfection — conditions that were not, I thought, possible for others to attain. But my joy and delight in his work continued and my pleasure in talking with him from time to time over the years was enormous.
Curated by Paul Schimmel, Robert Rauchenberg: Combines was shown in early 2006 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. On seeing it there, and upon learning that there were no plans to film it, I asked Bob for permission to do so at the next venue, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
This elegy is dedicated to the memory of Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) and to the memory of his friendship with my late husband, Earle Brown (1926-2002), whose music has been intertwined and juxtaposed here with images of the glorious Combines.
Susan Sollins-Brown
Executive Director
Art21
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Interesting but too far away from me – need to be close to understand – perhaps it does not ‘broadcast’ over a longer distance. Regards, Hugh
Hugh Thomas 10-09-2009 | |
Nice quote there, wish artists were like that now.
Doob 10-09-2009 | |
"genius and his every gesture as perfection" he is only human, always think that!
Betty Sinclair 10-09-2009 | |
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