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Rauschenberg on erasing a work of art by de Kooning

submitted by Eklek

1 decade 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago

In 1953, the artist Robert Rauschenberg erased an original abstract expressionist drawing by the artist Willem de Kooning. One of the first examples of conceptual art.

8 Comments

bighead says...

more Rauschenberg please

Imagoamin says...

His act of erasing de Kooning's drawing was one of those art history moments that actually really had me interested. Nice to hear the direct story rather then the passed down one.

Here's the key phrase: "I bought a bottle of Jack Daniels"

love this, and yes, we need more Rauschenberg!

Yes Rauschenberg is great
The story is the artwork: alcohol, shyness, tough to erase, a whole month of erasing..

Those who have more Rauschenberg vids, post them!

xprmntlmkp says...

www.moca.org has an awesome podcast interview between Rauschenberg and Dave Hickey, if you're interested.

Ah, I found it, thanks!
http://www.moca.org/media/audio/schimmel_cast/schimmel_talk.mp3

holy crap. i understood so much better on the second run-through of the first 2 minutes.

If you have great art that could speak to people and has purpose, then cause it to disappear or be transparent, the action is an artistic statement,... really a comment on the purpose of art.

If you start with crap, cause it to disappear as an artistic statement, you've not said anything and not effected anyone.

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