Robert Rauschenberg  - Jammers installation view, Gagosian Gallery, Britannia St. From a thoughtful abstract critical review of the Jammers show at Gagosian: If Rauschenberg’s art is defined by his omnivorous consumption and regurgitation of images, objects and materials, the Jammers series, in contrast, are elegant, tasteful, imageless (though not really abstract) and rustic. Rauschenberg said that experiencing India allowed him to embrace unambiguous beauty – which of course gets us stuck in the question of what beauty in art means, now. Not the beauty of Classicism, with its structured and hierarchical sense of rightness and order, nor the Romantic sublime, terrible and transgressive and overwhelming. Not Beauty as Truth, but beauty in the small contemporary sense; the purely, sensually pleasurable, or even just the decorously elegant. On view until March 28 at Gagosian Gallery London: 6-24 Britannia Street.
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Robert Rauschenberg  - Jammers installation view, Gagosian Gallery, Britannia St.

From a thoughtful abstract critical review of the Jammers show at Gagosian:

If Rauschenberg’s art is defined by his omnivorous consumption and regurgitation of images, objects and materials, the Jammers series, in contrast, are elegant, tasteful, imageless (though not really abstract) and rustic. Rauschenberg said that experiencing India allowed him to embrace unambiguous beauty – which of course gets us stuck in the question of what beauty in art means, now. Not the beauty of Classicism, with its structured and hierarchical sense of rightness and order, nor the Romantic sublime, terrible and transgressive and overwhelming. Not Beauty as Truth, but beauty in the small contemporary sense; the purely, sensually pleasurable, or even just the decorously elegant.

On view until March 28 at Gagosian Gallery London: 6-24 Britannia Street.

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If you’re in Princeton be sure to see “Spheres of Influence” a commemorative showcase of the artistic collaborations of Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham presented by theLewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance and the Princeton University Art Museum. On Thursday, February 14th, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. there will be an exhibition, performance and panel discussion at the Princeton University Art Museum that is free and open to the public!

http://www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/dance/performances/spheres/

Source: princeton.edu

one-ill-bradley: The Odeon Cafe, New York. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Castelli GalleryNamuth, Hans (photographer) Standing left to right: Ellsworth Kelly, Dan Flavin, Joseph Kosuth, Richard Serra, Lawrence Weiner, Nassos Daphnis, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Salvatore Scarpitta, Richard Artschwager, Mia Westerlund Roosen, Cletus Johnson, Keith Sonnier. Seated from left to right: Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Leo Castelli, Ed Ruscha, James Rosenquist, Robert Barry We’re sharing this great Hans Namuth photo in honor of Rauschenberg’s lifelong friend and dealer, Leo Castelli, who was born 105 years ago today
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The Odeon Cafe, New York. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Castelli Gallery
Namuth, Hans (photographer)
Standing left to right: Ellsworth Kelly, Dan Flavin, Joseph Kosuth, Richard Serra, Lawrence Weiner, Nassos Daphnis, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Salvatore Scarpitta, Richard Artschwager, Mia Westerlund Roosen, Cletus Johnson, Keith Sonnier. Seated from left to right: Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Leo Castelli, Ed Ruscha, James Rosenquist, Robert Barry

We’re sharing this great Hans Namuth photo in honor of Rauschenberg’s lifelong friend and dealer, Leo Castelli, who was born 105 years ago today

sfmoma: Thanks to our friends at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation for sharing this! Dancers from the Trisha Brown Dance Company perform “Astral Convertible” (1989). Choreographed by Rauschenberg’s longtime friend and collaborator, Trisha Brown, “Astral Convertible” featured visual and costume design by Rauschenberg with original music by John Cage.Photograph by Mark Hanauer, courtesy the Trisha Brown Dance Company
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Thanks to our friends at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation for sharing this!

Dancers from the Trisha Brown Dance Company perform “Astral Convertible” (1989). Choreographed by Rauschenberg’s longtime friend and collaborator, Trisha Brown, “Astral Convertible” featured visual and costume design by Rauschenberg with original music by John Cage.

Photograph by Mark Hanauer, courtesy the Trisha Brown Dance Company