Charms Against Harms
Robert Rauschenberg
1992
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was an American artist. He and Jasper Johns are known as the immediate predecessors of Pop art. His landmark Combines series (1954-1964) used everyday objects to collide painting and sculpture in his art. For the artist, the brushstrokes of a painting were the equivalent of text in a newspaper or a stitch in a baseball used. For example, in the work Bed from 1955, a pillow, a sheet and a blanket are attached to the base, which in turn is scribbled with a pencil and dripped with paint in the spirit of Abstract Expressionism. According to a legend, the bedding belonged to the artist, and for him, painting is related to both life and art.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) oli Ameerika kunstnik. Tema ja Jasper Johns on tuntud kui popkunsti vahetud eelkäijad. Tema märgiline seeria Combines (1954-1964) sidus maalikunsti ja skulptuuri kasutades teoste loomisel igapäevaseid objekte. Kunstniku jaoks olid maalil samaväärsed nii pintslitõmbed kui ka kasutatud ajalehe tekst või pesapalli õmblus. Näiteks 1955. aasta teoses “Bed” on alusele kinnitatud padi, lina ja tekk, millele on omakorda pliiatsiga peale kritseldatud ning neid värviga abstraktse ekspressionismi vaimus üle tilgutatud. Legendi kohaselt kuulus voodipesu kunstnikule ning tema jaoks on maalimine seotud nii elu kui ka kunstiga.
