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Moment for Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82, Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, May 08

Memories of Rauschenberg: 'A giant among artists, Diane Hathman, Los Angeles Times May 08

Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg dies in Fla. at 82, Mitch Stacy, SF Gate, May 08

Hetero-normalizing Robert Rauschenberg, Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes, May 08

...But Will His Market Hold Up?, Daniel Grant, The Wall Street Journal May 2008

Robert Rauschenberg: Obituary, Ed Schad, I call it ORANGES

Robert Rauschenberg Has Died, Will, on NY Turf, May 08

Robert Rauschenberg: Man at Work, Ovation TV, You Tube

Robert Rauschenberg - Erased De Kooning, You Tube

(Images: Robert Rauschenberg, Retroactive I, 1964, oil and silkscreen ink on canvas, 84x60 in, Wadsworth Athenuem, Hartford, Connecticut; Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953, traces of ink and crayon on paper, 25.25x21.75x0.5 in, Retroactive I, 1964, oil and silkscreen ink on canvas, 84x60 in; SF MOMA @ Robert Rauschenberg/Licensed by VAGA, NY)

Posted by ArtSlant Team on 5/15

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robert r.

in spite of all the accomplishments rauschenberg had, and there were many, the singularly biggest failure during his long career though, was that he never came out. numerous articles have been written about his relationship with jasper johns in the 50's and others, there appears to be very, very litlle spoken about him being gay in published obits... at least in the straight artworld press. sad, he could have been more of a positive role model to the GLBT community and to the queer art world. honesty is such a powerful tool for artists. what do you suppose that would have done for rauschenberg? Comment by: Larry Aleshire on Tuesday 06/17/08 at 09:29 AM

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