Robert Rauschenberg - Erased De Kooning

mattysophatty Says:

Aug 4, 2009 - svsugvcarter - thanks so much for posting this - could you enlighten us as to what this is excerpted from? also auroraabstract if you think you know something about rauschenberg from traveling around with clem greenberg you're deluded - he probably had the least nuanced understanding of rauschenberg I've ever encountered

MaxfieldMurdock Says:

Aug 4, 2009 - I love RR

eligarf Says:

Aug 13, 2009 - good on you! nice comment 〠 the title reminds me of reverse graffitti ｐｅＡＣＥ〠

fsmith95112 Says:

Aug 13, 2009 - So sayeth another priest.

BulletWithYerName Says:

Aug 28, 2009 - Are you kidding me? Look at Dali's work and tell me the man didn't know how to use a paintbrush.

alexanderrrrrrrrr Says:

Aug 28, 2009 - I am not talking about his technical qualities as a painter, but about the content of his paintings which was, for lack of a better term, rather "low-grade" in comparison to artists like Magritte or Robert Frank(not a painter or surrealist, but photographer).

alexanderrrrrrrrr Says:

Aug 28, 2009 - In my opinion Dali wasn't successful because he was a man with a vision or had intricate ideas, but because he was a formidabel showman who happened to have talent as a painter. Dali as artist, actor or showman it wouldn't really have mattered too much as long as he could be in the spotlights. That is the impression I have.

konzwambii Says:

Sep 2, 2009 - Old masters are depressing to you because you have no vision and no understanding of art. Art speaks across the chasm of the ages, but apparently not to YOU. Sad.

konzwambii Says:

Sep 2, 2009 - Please define "mediated images". As there are those here who both support and decry this pathetic attempt at fame, are you sure we are all idiots?

konzwambii Says:

Sep 2, 2009 - hahahahahahaha: "build the stretchers"...

konzwambii Says:

Sep 2, 2009 - Well, by now we are all on the same page: 1. It wasn't "art". 2. It was an act of vandalism. 3. It was a sad cry for attention, to "connect' himself with a greater artist. 4. It wasn't even creative. 5. RR himself could not draw.

MrWowforever Says:

Sep 2, 2009 - ....................yawn.

claureic Says:

Sep 4, 2009 - This story actually shows what a great artist De Kooning was and his deep understanding of what art is. He quickly got RR's point and gave him one of his drawing he prized most.

imthehiphopopotamus Says:

Sep 22, 2009 - haha... bottle of jack daniels...

steve228uk Says:

Sep 24, 2009 - Art is less about what something looks like, it's about the idea. You need to understand why RR did it to understand the artwork.

konzwambii Says:

Sep 25, 2009 - Yes. DeKooning made art, while Rauschenberg made only "a point". Sadly, some think that "point" is also art. Wouldn't it make a great "point" if some "artist" erased everything RR ever did?

trwc1980 Says:

Oct 1, 2009 - THIS IS ART! Let's clap and fuck.

humiliat3dGrape Says:

Oct 8, 2009 - This was just one piece, not everything de Kooning did. Art is supposed to make a point.

konzwambii Says:

Oct 8, 2009 - Yes, and wouldn't it make a perfect "point" and be ever so Poetic, Creative, and Artistic if the next "artist" not only emulates RR by erasing 1 drawing, but goes one better and erases EVERYTHING RR ever did! Now THAT is Art!

headspace42 Says:

Oct 10, 2009 - poop-a-loop... hey look i just made art! thank you all for this entertainment

HeathenLoveGod Says:

Oct 23, 2009 - Rauschenberg was one of the greatest artists of the C20th.

godgin Says:

Oct 26, 2009 - I think RR would be all for it.

konzwambii Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - I'm glad you said that, getting to the REAL point. That is EXACTLY wrong, and why most modern "art" is so, so pathetic. Art is EXACTLY about what it looks like. We use eyes to see art (although sculpture can be well appreciated by the blind, since that is tactile). Art has always been about "what it looks like", that is, until now. Now everybody is an "artist"! Hooray! No talent needed, now everyone can be a great artist!

Furze2 Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - Art is in the eye of the beholder, Much art is uncertain and often the reward is uncomfortable rather than reassuring.

ImagineA92 Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - i think whats so great about art is the broad definition that it has taken on