Robert Rauschenberg.

 "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)"-- Robert Rauschenberg, 1959

Robert is perhaps one of "The Century’s 25 Most Influential Artists" (according to critics). He constantly looked for new media of expression –painter, sculptor, print maker, photographer and performance artist.  Roberts art is often related to Warhol and Cage, which were the pioneers of American Pop Art. Instead of focusing on his education, age, and lifestyle being the central points of this project lets put the spot light on the art itself.

On the Left Robert's "Monogram" piece is displayed.  It obviously has a goat with a tire around it and i immediately thought of our environment.  How we as a society affect natural things that surround us. I don't know the exact meaning behind this particular piece, but may i add that i wasn't  exactly looking for his or any ones personal perception of the work.  But it is a real Angora Goat, which almost contradicts my view of the whole view of saving the environment or it can go either way.

 Robert captured the apoclytic 60s by depicting the oppression of African Americans, the war in Vietnam, the death of Blues rocker Janis Joplin, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. He revolved alot of his print making and canvas work around the crisis going on during his life.

Retroactiv I

Rauschenberg  is famous from standing apart from the typical Pop Art colleagues by using his skills to draw attention to social and political issues. His art activism certainly was short lived, nevertheless, his work with these issues were not appreciated at the time made. During his life he created artworks that addressed the issues of war, racial equality, nuclear disarmament, economic development, artist’s rights, and environmentalism - themes that all too few of today’s artists seem willing to focus on. While mainstream accounts of his life and art will focus upon his being a modern art innovator, Rauschenberg was also an individual artist deeply concerned with how his art could help change the world for the better.



1986 BMW 635 CSi Art Car by Robert Rauschenberg

On a concluding note i personally was infatuated with his work.  I strolled through most of his work and came to a discovery that a involved individual expresses  well what he is surrounded amongst.  I also read that Robert doesn't consider himself a artist and hates the whole way society critics it, especially since art itself has no rubric...