I know this post is a few days old, but I just heard about the news today. Robert Rauschenberg, one of America's most prolific and irrepressible artist passed away on May 12th, 2008 from heart failure.Rauschenberg was one of the celebrated figures of the pop-art scene along with infamous Andy Warhol. It was Rauschenberg that broke the stranglehold held by the abstract expressionist artists in US galleries and museums.
His helped redefine the meaning and blur lines between sculpture, painting, photography, print-making, and even theater. His use of "found objects" in his sculpture helped pioneer the pop-art movement that would bring Warhol to fame. Rauschenberg comments on his use of every day objects by stating, "I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable." He was truly a remarkable talent with unique vision and will be greatly missed.
Rauschenberg - Estate -1963
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