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BBC NEWS | US pop artist Rauschenberg dies

May 13, 2008
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BBC NEWS | US pop artist Rauschenberg dies

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American pop artist Robert Rauschenberg has died in Florida at the age of 82. He was known for his use of odd and everyday articles, which earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art. Rauschenberg first gained fame in the 1950s with his "combines", which brought together three-dimensional objects and paint. He was also a sculptor and choreographer, and won a Grammy for "best album package" in 1984 for Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues. Among his most famous works was 1955's Bed, created after he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas. His solution was to take the quilt off his bed and use paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish instead.

Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82 - New York Times

May 13, 2008
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Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82 - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/art...

Mr. Rauschenberg’s work gave new meaning to sculpture. “Canyon,” for instance, consisted of a stuffed bald eagle attached to a canvas. “Monogram” was a stuffed Angora goat girdled by a tire atop a painted panel. “Bed” entailed a quilt, sheet and pillow, slathered with paint, as if soaked in blood, framed on the wall. They all became icons of postwar modernism. | requiescat in pace, rr.