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Topic: Rauschenberg astronaut transfer drawings
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FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-10-2007 12:00 AM
  
A story in the New York Times arts section today about an exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg transfer drawings, and how he addressed the space program in addition to other 60s themes.A Rarely Seen Side of a Rauschenberg Shift quote:
It would be a mistake to label the accumulations random. Meanings are multiple, as the art historian Lewis Kachur points out in his thoughtful essay for the exhibition’s catalog; they form a free-ranging, nonlinear rebus. In one work the smiling faces of astronauts who went to the Moon fall between an image of a grinning chimpanzee and a small picture of the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun; all are balanced by an outline of the artist’s left foot — a small step for man. And nestled in the lower right corner, a minuscule map of the world showing the astronauts’ orbit sits next to a hot-air balloon.
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blue_eyes
Member Posts: 165
From: North Carolina, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 03-10-2007 11:17 AM
Francis, thanks for posting that! The 1969 space transfer drawing was way cool. Very inspiring! Thanks.Anne |
SRB
Member Posts: 258
From:
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 03-10-2007 07:08 PM
Rauschenberg also did a series of lithographs in 1970 entiled "Stoned Moon Series" featuring many images from the Apollo. Many of the Pop artists used these images from the events of the day in their work.Steve |
KC Stoever
Member Posts: 1012
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 02-11-2008 05:34 PM
We fielded an interesting inquiry over at scottcarpenter.com about a work of art said to incorporate an image of Carpenter.
I was kindly given permission to post the question on cS: quote:
Sir: I am researching a picture done by Robert Rauschenberg in 1969. I have identified the football player and baseball player, and am positive that the astronaut is you. Two others say the picture is of you. Can you verify this for me? Thank you very much.The picture uses newspaper or magazine images and transfers them onto the canvas, therefore, your right cheek in the picture is on your right looking at the picture.
It was my opinion, and that of Carpenter, that the image resembled Carpenter. But it also has generic features.Any ideas? I guess if it's really the artist's technique to have used actual photographs of real astronauts, then this must be an image of a real astronaut from the M-G-A era. It does look like a Mercury helmet. Any good guesses from cSers? Thanks,
Kris |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-11-2008 05:34 PM
Yes, it appears to be another of Rauschenberg's transfer drawings - which used actual photos from the media. So if a Carpenter image, it should be out there somewhere as one that was published. |
KC Stoever
Member Posts: 1012
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 02-11-2008 06:52 PM
OK. Thanks, Francis. I think the fellow who wrote is right. This is an image of Carpenter and the transfer technique introduces some generic elements that blur the identity. But was hoping to canvass opinions here before reporting back to my "Ask Scott" emailer. Thanks. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-14-2008 12:10 AM
The New York Times: Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 quote:
Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, died on Monday night at his home on Captiva Island, Fla. He was 82.
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robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 05-14-2008 07:42 AM
When I saw that image it reminded me of a photo of Armstrong. |
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