{"id":186,"date":"2017-05-02T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T08:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:12:42","slug":"rauschenberg-absolutely-inspiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/rauschenberg-absolutely-inspiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Rauschenberg \u2014 Absolutely Inspiring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) is an artist who has been a motivational figure for me since I studied Fine Arts. What he did was ground breaking. It was inspirational. Now, having been lucky enough to have seen his retrospective at the Tate Modern, I see that his work was far more extensive and far reaching than I remember. What is striking is the curiosity, imagination and variety of his endless experiments \u2014 his sense of humour \u2014 his outlook on life and art.<\/p>\n

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Detail from Rauschenberg statement on Joseph Albers, undated. Courtesy Robert Rauschenberg Foundation<\/p><\/div>\n

Having studied under Josef Albers at the avante garde Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Rauschenberg was exposed to the full range of diciplines and the expectation to explore them. He found Albers criticism “excruciating and devastating” but also considered him the most important teacher he ever had. This grounding seems a vital contribution to Rauschenberg seeing everything and trying everything. This is evident considering his white paintings, black paintings, red paintings, tire tread impressions, images recorded on light sensitve blueprint paper, transfer drawings, constructions using everyday materials, silk screen printing etc. etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t