Sentences with phrase «rejection of ordinary life»

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Efforts to collapse the barrier between art and life during the past half century are often associated with the material innovations of artists such as Robert Rauschenberg — with his rejection of notions of mastery and craftsmanship and insistence on bringing everyday materials into his work, like his bed, the morning newspaper, or an old tire — and the enactment of ordinary daily rituals like eating and drinking in the «happenings» of Allan Kaprow and others.

These works marked his rejection of making figurative art with clear references to the real world, and in particular his move away from the post-WWII Kitchen Sink group of artists who were painting ordinary scenes of everyday life.