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Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 - New York Times →
We lost a very special human being in you, Mr. Rauschenberg. I would have liked to of met you. (the ny times published a really nice piece on him yesterday, if you're interested, i suggest reading it: you were a good man, robert.)
Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics. I think you’re born an artist or not. I couldn’t have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations.
Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82
does say Rauschenberg and Johns "became lovers," he disregards the ramifications of that fact and spends more time on Rauschenberg's dyslexia than his homosexuality. In the New York Times, Michael Kimmelman mentions Pottorf midway but disingenuously dances around sex with Johns: The intimacy of their relationship over the next years, a consuming subject for later biographers and historians, coincided with the production by the two of them of some of the most
RIP, Rad Rob!
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lovers, save for the fact that the guy had a very long, very wonderful run. If you want to see one of his pieces up close and personal, pay a visit to the Dayton Art Institute, where one of his works is up in the contemporary gallery. Here’s the NYT obit for the late, great Robert Rauschenberg. Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment
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