Rise and fall : theme and idea in the Combines of Robert Rauschenberg

Author

Crow, Thomas; Schimmel, Paul (Contributor, Contributor, Collective Author); Crow, Thomas (Contributor, Collective Author); Joseph, Branden W. (Contributor, Collective Author); Stuckey, Charles (Contributor, Collective Author); Hultén, Pontus (Contributor, Collective Author)

Document type

Article (catalogue d'exposition)

Language

English

Book title

Robert Rauschenberg : combines

Source

Robert Rauschenberg : combines. 2005, 230-255, 25 ill. (21 col.)

Publisher

Steidl, Göttingen (DEU)

Publication country

Germany

Abstract (en)

Uses the less well-known Slow Fall (1961; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art) as an alternative point of departure in looking at Rauschenberg's Combines. Considers both formal composition and iconography while making connections between this work and such works as Small Rebus (1956; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art), Allegory (1959-1960; Cologne, Museum Ludwig), and Painting with Grey Wing (1959; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art). Identifies the theme of fantasies of flight and their frustration, considers the artist's engagement with mythology and allegory, and discusses various scholarly interpretations of Rauschenberg's work. Mentions the impact of the time he spent in Italy, 1952-1953.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Rauschenberg, Robert, b.1925
• United States
• Combine-paintings (series)
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Assemblages
• Composition
• Mythology
• Allegory
• Flight
• Interpretation
• Museum of Contemporary Art||Los Angeles (CA, USA)
• Museum Ludwig||Köln (DEU)
• Slow Fall
• Allegory
• Small Rebus
• Painting with Grey Wing
• Italy
• Sources

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Etats-Unis
• Combine-paintings (serie)
• Peinture
• Sculpture
• Assemblage (oeuvre d'art)
• Composition
• Mythologie
• Allégorie
• Vol (locomotion)
• Interprétation
• Museum of Contemporary Art||Los Angeles (CA, USA)
• Museum Ludwig||Köln (DEU)
• Slow Fall
• Allégorie
• Small Rebus
• Painting with Grey Wing
• Italie
• Sources

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00023884

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