Robert Rauschenberg 1967–1978
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Title
Robert Rauschenberg 1967–1978
Venues
National Gallery Of Australia (1 September 2007 – 27 January 2008)
Date
(2007 – 2008)
Summary
Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints, Installations, Sculpture
Country of context
Australia
Abstract
Robert Rauschenberg moved to New York in 1949, at a time when the avant-garde art scene was dominated by Abstract Expressionism. Right from the beginning, Rauschenberg worked beyond the restrictions imposed by media, style and convention, and adopted a unique experimental methodology that combined gestural mark-making with its antithesis – mechanically reproduced imagery.
His work has been of central influence in many of the significant developments of post-war American art and has provided countless blueprints for artistic innovation by younger generations. [Gallery news, 2007].