Robert Rauschenberg

Inacareerofnearlysixtyyears,RobertRauschenbergchangedthecourseofarthistory,artmaking,andviewers'experienceofart.Anartistofproteancreativity,hetransformedthemediumsofsculpture,painting,prints,andphotography.Heelevatedseeminglycasual,everydayimagesandembraceddiscardedandfoundmaterials,reintroducingcontenttoartafterdecadeswhenabstractionheldsway.Thisbookcoversthefullspanoftheartist'scareer,from1950to2007,focusingonkeyworksfromthecollectionoftheartist'sestate,includingmanythathavenotbeenshownsincetheywerefirstmadeandexhibitedmorethanthirtyyearsago,aswellasmasterpiecesthathaverecentlybeenseeninmuseumexhibitions.TextsbyJamesLawrenceandJohnRichardsonareaccompaniedbymorethansixtycolourplatesandoverfiftyblack-and-whitehistoricalphotographs.AlsofeaturedisanextensivechronologybySusanDavidsondetailingtheartist'slifeandcareerthatwillbecomeafundamentalreferenceforstudentsofRauschenberg'sinfluentialoeuvre.