Robert Rauschenberg - Erased De Kooning

Rauschenberg discusses one of his most controversial works. For more on this the significance of this painting, be sure to check out Geoff Sirc's book -English Composition as a Happening-.

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• Rauschenberg
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• Erased
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• Kooning
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[TheMorrochben]

I had to watch this for my humanities class... I think I may fail the test...

[samoloo]

Name of original video plzzz

[rkmohr]

-shakes fist- Dang you, Humanities!

[OlPook77]

I had to read this for my humanities class. This isn't art. I could've done that when I was three years old. 

[QrzIE]

All i'm going to say is that Graffiti is lucky that this form of art happened before it.. otherwise Graffiti wouldnt be what it is to this day. Or Graffiti would of never happened.. like if you agree (too all graffiti artist)

[sleepzzz29]

@beefking69er couldn't have said it better myself.

[Gowanee1]

All I can say is that I just saw deKooning's retrospective, and I cried in the rooms at the end they were so beautiful - a master's hand, lyrical (these works being controversial in the "art world" because deKooning had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's). Yes, Pollock, also, drew so beautifully. Maybe it's personal taste, but I can look a lot longer at a Pollock or deKooning drawing than a Pop Art piece - but sorry to be so general about the latter. And the art world is not artists, but market.

[jlovebirch]

@Gowanee1 -- As a rule I don't engage in Internet debates, but you made a valid point. In the '40s De Kooning (Pollock, et al.) did work that had style and charm. Unfortunately, they all stopped. The '50s, when Rauschenberg came a-calling, was the scribble-and-dribble Expressionist period that was universally misunderstood and reviled. Pollock's death made the AbEx prices soar, but the art world gladly dropped these artists when Pop Art emerged in the early '60s.

[Gowanee1]

@jlovebirch DeKooning was an exquisite draughtsman - as exquisite as Ingres, Picasso. Have you seen his portrait of Elaine (if seeing a portrait puts him in the league of those you admire)? A still-life he did when at 14 is on par of the great Dutch still-lifes. Abstract Expressionism is a word made up by those who need labels. First and foremost, deKooning was an artist whose life work encompasses so much more than just this "AbEx" label. His response to Rauschenberg's request was great!

[richardxob]

that is what art is about. simply amazing.