In this interview Rauschenberg speaks of his role as a bridge
from the Abstract Expressionists
to the Pop artists; the relationship of affluence and art; his admiration for de Kooning, Jack Tworkov, and Franz Kline; the support he received
from musicians Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Earl Brown; his goal
to create work which serves as unbiased documentation of his observations; the irrational juxtaposition that makes up a city, and the importance of that element in his work; the facsimile quality of painting and consequent limitations; the influence of Albers» teaching and his resulting inability
to do work focusing on pain, struggle, or torture; the «lifetime» of painting and the problems of time relative symbolism; his feelings on the possibility of truly simulating chance in his work; his use of intervals, and its possible relation
to the influence of Cage; his attempt
to show as much drama on the edges of a piece as in the dead center; his belief in the importance of being stylistically flexible
throughout a career; his involvement with the Stadtlijk Museum; his loss of interest in sculpture; his belief in the mixing of technology and aesthetics; his interest in
moving to the country and the prospect of working with water, wind, sun, rain, and flowers; Ad Reinhardt's remarks on his Egan Show; his discontinuation of silk screens; his illustrations for Life Magazine; his role as a non-political artist; his struggles with abstraction; his recent theater work «Map
Room Two;» his white paintings; and his disapproval of value hierarchy in art.
This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with fresh carpet is
move in ready and features an open, light and bright great
room with charming kitchen boasting granite counter tops, plenty of cabinets, eating area that opens
to the spacious family
room with siding door access
to the patio, all basking in the natural light
from the many windows
throughout!
Melissa... I love the blues — I am in the process of painting my living
room / dining
room in CIL Canadian Sky (blue grey) and CIL Smoke turquoise in the kitchen... I use blue, brown and green
throughout my whole house, that way things can be
moved from one
room to another easily... I am getting rid of my carpeting and putting in a warm wood tone floor called autumn oak and I have started my own blog thecreativemeandmymcg.blogspot.ca — I would love it if you checked it out!