‘ART’ Dramaturgy

Robert Rauschenberg

1925-2008 | American

"No subject, no image, no taste, no object, no beauty, no message, no talent, no technique, no why, no idea, no intention, no art, no object, no feeling, no black, no white, no and." — John Cage, statement for Rauschenberg’s exhibit | Stable Gallery (1953)

Robert Rauschenberg. White Painting [three panel]. 1951

Robert Rauschenberg. Erased de Kooning Drawing. 1953

“Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. I try to act in that gap between the two.”

READ: Robert Rauschenberg | Artist Biography
LOOK + READ: Timeline of Rauschenberg’s Important Works
LOOK/LISTEN/READ: MoMA — Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends
LOOK: Rauschenberg’s White Paintings series (1951)
LOOK + READ: Robert Rauschenberg’s Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953
WATCH: R. Rauschenberg + Emptiness | Erased de Kooning Drawing (7:17)
WATCH: R. Rauschenberg Discussing Erased de Kooning Drawing (4:26)