Robert Rauschenberg is best known for his "combine" paintings, which incorporate discarded objects, everyday items, and photographs. In his prints, it was the massive size of the works that was one of his innovations. This work shows the space shuttle Columbia, which was launched in 1983, as well as its fans and signboards reading “Come on Colombia” and “Shuttle mania,” which provide hint at the fervor of the time. The artist, who was interested in the fusion of science and art, and the point where art meets life, took as his motif American society at the peak of the space industry, and instead of making drawings himself, used “found photographs” from magazines and newspapers as his materials.
(OSAWA Sayoko)
Robert Rauschenberg is best known for his "combine" paintings, which incorporate discarded objects, everyday items, and photographs. In his prints, it was the massive size of the works that was one of his innovations. This work shows the space shuttle Columbia, which was launched in 1983, as well as its fans and signboards reading “Come on Colombia” and “Shuttle mania,” which provide hint at the fervor of the time. The artist, who was interested in the fusion of science and art, and the point where art meets life, took as his motif American society at the peak of the space industry, and instead of making drawings himself, used “found photographs” from magazines and newspapers as his materials.
(OSAWA Sayoko)