Robert RauschenbergAmerican, 1925–2008Jasper - Studio, NYC #6
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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About the work
In the 1950s Robert Rauschenberg distinguished himself as an artist with his “combines,” collages of newsprint, painting material, and found objects that blended aspects of painting and sculpture. However, photography, which he had studied in school, was always essential to his work—“I’ve never stopped being a photographer,” he stated—and he incorporated photographs into his combines while steadily recording family and friends with the camera. Rauschenberg photographed fellow artist Jasper Johns in his studio in front of two of his Target paintings, which would be exhibited in Johns’s first one-man show at Leo Castelli Gallery in 1958. This photograph attests to an intensely collaborative relationship between the two men, at a time when Rauschenberg’s reputation was still fresh, and that of Johns was yet to be established.
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- 1992.711
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Meanwhile, in the life of Robert Rauschenberg
The whole lifeautumn 1952 – spring 1953
Travels in Italy and North Africa with Cy Twombly
From the autumn of 1952 to the spring of 1953 Rauschenberg travelled in Italy and North Africa with his fellow artist and partner Cy Twombly. There he made collages and small sculptures out of found materials, the “Scatole Personali” (Personal Boxes) and “Feticci Personali” (Personal Fetishes).
1953
Joint show with Cy Twombly at the Stable Gallery
Eleanor Ward invited Rauschenberg to a joint exhibition with Cy Twombly at her Stable Gallery in New York; in the autumn of 1953 the gallery also showed his “White Paintings”.
1953
First European exhibition, in Rome
In Italy Rauschenberg was noticed by Irene Brin and Gaspero del Corso, who organised his first European exhibition in their famous gallery in Rome; he also showed in Florence. To his surprise a number of works sold, and many of those that did not he threw into the river Arno, following the suggestion of an art critic who had reviewed his show.
1954
Second solo show, at the Charles Egan Gallery
At his second solo exhibition in New York, at the Charles Egan Gallery, Rauschenberg showed his Red Paintings and his first Combines.
1954–1961
Lives with the artist Jasper Johns
From 1954 to 1961 Rauschenberg lived with his partner, the artist Jasper Johns. They constantly exchanged ideas and took part in each other's work, but never made objects under joint authorship.
