Slog - Comments on Robert Rauschenberg is Dead

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:44:09 -0800

I went to a Rauschenberg show in Seattle in about 1980. We were punks, and drank up every drop of white wine in the show, and got thrown out. I wish I'd looked at the pictures more.

Comment by cressona

cressona — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:44:34 -0800

Rauschenberg is/was one of the superstars of American art. I used to have a Guggenheim Rauschenberg umbrella that was the coolest thing.

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:45:06 -0800

So glad I got to see this: http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=68

I'll be in SeaTac Sunday night; I'll try to remember to visit Star Quarters.

Comment by tomasyalba

tomasyalba — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:07:41 -0800

From the Times obit, a nice detail of how he lived:
"When he wasn�t traveling in later years, he was in Captiva, a slender island off Florida�s Gulf coast, living at first in a modest beach house and working out of a small studio. In time he became Captiva�s biggest residential landowner while also maintaining a town house in Greenwich Village back in New York. He acquired the land in Captiva by buying adjacent properties from elderly neighbors whom he let live rent-free in their houses, which he maintained for them."

Comment by scharrera

scharrera — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:11:38 -0800

There's also the piece in the Seattle Symphony Hall main lobby...

Comment by boxofbirds

boxofbirds — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:27:59 -0800

wow....

i don't know what to say.

Comment by Carly D.

Carly D. — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:31 -0800

I always had a crush on Rauschenberg. Too bad he liked men, and was much older than I.
The art world will mourn him intensely.

Comment by afs

afs — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:54:18 -0800

His work is crap.

Comment by yuiop

yuiop — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:20:54 -0800

No it isn't. RIP

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:16:45 -0800

RIP. I love his work.

Comment by Gurldoggie

Gurldoggie — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:29 -0800

One of my favorite Rauschenberg stories dates from his days kicking around lower Manhattan with Jasper Johns. The two of them would pick a street corner at random, then challenge themselves to make something using only materials that they found for free within a one block radius. They never failed to latch on to some object around which to create an amazing piece of art.
I believe the "Bed" piece dates from that period. Inspired, brilliant stuff. The man was a giant.

Comment by Art Critic101

Art Critic101 — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:32:51 -0800

Tottaly awsome work. It turns me on so much. Im hard right now over it. In serriousness, it is trulty ahead of its time and splendid. Anyone who says its "crap", truly dos'nt know th meaning of the word.