The essence of Robert Rauschenbergs art is based in placing commonly used objects into new contexts. His work emerges from two fundamental principles of modernism: collage and the ready-made. His art is a descendant of the tradition of Dada, Duchamp and Schwitters, in the context of the hegemony of Pop Art in the sixties. He created the Gluts series (198695) after discovering the harsher, more dispiriting side of Texas, where he had lived as a child.
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The essence of Robert Rauschenbergs art is based in placing commonly used objects into new contexts. His work emerges from two fundamental principles of modernism: collage and the ready-made. His art is a descendant of the tradition of Dada, Duchamp and Schwitters, in the context of the hegemony of Pop Art in the sixties. He created the Gluts series (198695) after discovering the harsher, more dispiriting side of Texas, where he had lived as a child.
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8vo. [40] pp. Softcover. Color images. Staple bound. Very good. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-77). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.