Robert Rauschenberg - Gluts (Paperback)

In the mid-1980s, Robert Rauschenberg's creative attentions turned toward the visual and plastic properties of junk metal when he began to assemble found metal objects and screenprint his photographic images onto aluminum, bronze, brass and copper. His first body of work in this vein was "Gluts," a series begun in 1986 and continued intermittently until 1995, in which ornate metalwork seemingly derived from a bedpost might attach to a slice of mesh wire, or twisted petals of yellow metal might sprout from the remains of an eviscerated toaster. Asked to comment on his novel use of the word "gluts," Rauschenberg said, "It's a time of glut. Greed is rampant... I simply want to present people with their ruins... I think of the "Gluts" as souvenirs without nostalgia." Published to accompany the Peggy Guggenheim Collection's exhibition "Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts" (the first show to focus on Rauschenberg's sculpture since 1995), this fully illustrated catalogue features a selection of approximately 40 sculptures drawn from the holdings of institutions and private collections in the United States and abroad. It includes a reassessment of Rauschenberg's work as a sculptor by author and painter Mimi Thompson, an essay by Trisha Brown, an illustrated exhibition history, a preface by Philip Rylands and introduction by Susan Davidson that focuses on Rauschenberg's relationship to the Guggenheim and the artist's engagement with Venice in particular.

General

Imprint:	Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	August 2009
Contributors:	Robert Rauschenberg
Editors:	Susan Davidson
Text writers:	Trisha Brown • Mimi Thompson
Preface by:	Philip Rylands
Dimensions:	249 x 284 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	117
ISBN-13:	978-0-89207-388-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms > Sculpture Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	0-89207-388-8
Barcode:	9780892073887

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