Comments on: Robert Rauschenberg, 1925 – 2008 http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/05/197/ ....................................................................."That bottle keeps its blink on its side red from horizon." Clark Coolidge...................................... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:51:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/05/197/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Lauren Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:49:28 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=197#comment-414 A few years back I went to a small show at the LGBT center of Rauschenberg's later work as curated by an ex-lover. To have such an intimate experience of the pieces was amazing, particularly contextualized within this "queer" community space. My favorite artifact: a personal note written in Sharpie on a piece of plastic bubble wrap, simply reading "Good morning darling, today I am on a water diet." A few years back I went to a small show at the LGBT center of Rauschenberg’s later work as curated by an ex-lover. To have such an intimate experience of the pieces was amazing, particularly contextualized within this “queer” community space. My favorite artifact: a personal note written in Sharpie on a piece of plastic bubble wrap, simply reading “Good morning darling, today I am on a water diet.”

]]> By: Chris http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/05/197/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Chris Wed, 14 May 2008 18:55:53 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=197#comment-85 It was a big deal to me as a very young artist, a revelation, when the Rauschenberg retrospective came to SFMOMA in 1977 at it's old location in the War Memorial Veteran's Building. So much energy, genuine creativity and openness. I still have that catalog. I remember seeing "Erased de Kooning" then (my hero, de Kooning) and seeing how what might be called a destructive act could also be a generative act. He made something new from something else, which was evident throughout the exhibition- reuse of fabrics, printed images, wood, salvaged material- what others might call nothing. There were several huge pieces made of opened and flattened cardboard boxes that were delicate and sensitive, that had a connection to field painting or Twombly, and forced us to consider which materials are allowed in art, and where the art is in those materials. We're lucky to have such a good representative group of RR's work in SF. It was a big deal to me as a very young artist, a revelation, when the Rauschenberg retrospective came to SFMOMA in 1977 at it’s old location in the War Memorial Veteran’s Building. So much energy, genuine creativity and openness. I still have that catalog. I remember seeing “Erased de Kooning” then (my hero, de Kooning) and seeing how what might be called a destructive act could also be a generative act. He made something new from something else, which was evident throughout the exhibition- reuse of fabrics, printed images, wood, salvaged material- what others might call nothing. There were several huge pieces made of opened and flattened cardboard boxes that were delicate and sensitive, that had a connection to field painting or Twombly, and forced us to consider which materials are allowed in art, and where the art is in those materials. We’re lucky to have such a good representative group of RR’s work in SF.

]]> By: Brent http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/05/197/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Brent Wed, 14 May 2008 17:30:43 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=197#comment-84 Sad indeed. Seems an appropriate time, maybe, to recommend in this space the book Off The Wall, the "portrait"/bio of Rauchenberg by Calvin Tompkins (who also wrote what is surely the best Duchamp bio). It does an exceedingly great job of capturing the spirit of those early years (50s & 60s), very worth digging up. Sad indeed. Seems an appropriate time, maybe, to recommend in this space the book Off The Wall, the “portrait”/bio of Rauchenberg by Calvin Tompkins (who also wrote what is surely the best Duchamp bio). It does an exceedingly great job of capturing the spirit of those early years (50s & 60s), very worth digging up.

]]> By: timothy http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/05/197/comment-page-1/#comment-83 timothy Tue, 13 May 2008 20:33:11 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=197#comment-83 I always found Erased de Kooning Drawing to be<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4373303924277564594&q=erased+de+kooning+comedy&ei=gfkpSIDFEJaMrgO08YCvCQ" rel="nofollow">hilarious.</a> rip Rauschenberg. I always found Erased de Kooning Drawing to behilarious.

rip Rauschenberg.

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