Robert Rauschenberg at Tate Modern

This film on Robert Rauschenberg at Tate Modern shows how the artist worked across printing, photography, painting, assemblage, technology and performance. He remains one of the most influential American artists of the 20th Century whose achievement is still visible in contemporary art. He claimed to be working in the gap between art and life and links historic Dada artists like Marcel Duchamp and Kurt Schwitters with artists working today. The exhibition runs at Tate Modern before transferring to the Museum Of Modern Art in New York City.
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[@SnookOnTheFly]

I grew up with Mr. Rauschenberg. My dad was one of his photographers. He photographed finished pieces for books, insurance and archival reasons. Being around him was intoxicating even as a young boy. You just couldn't get enough of him. To watch him create history was an absolute treat.

[@TheArtChannel1]

Thank you for sharing those memories.

[@alamedvav]

Too the goat represents an LSD trip gone wrong??!

[@SnookOnTheFly]

@@alamedvav no there’s a story behind it. He was visiting a country (don’t remember which one) and he saw this goat that he liked and bought it. As he was trying to bring it through customs they wouldn’t let it come through because of some law (again I can’t remember the details). So mr Rauschenberg tied a handkerchief around its neck and said “now it’s art” and it was allowed through. It went through several phases before it became what you see today. Mr Rauschenberg wasn’t much for drugs, but he did enjoy his alcohol.

[@yenewking1843]

ah yes, online classwork time

[@kannonmcafee]

Rauschenberg is so inspirational. I only discovered his work recently and the idea of taking objects from ordinary mundane life to form combines is exciting, the ultimate collage making.

[@clamda]

Thankyou so much for another great insightful video. I like to think of those bubbles unexpectedly bursting and popping through the mud surface as a description of Rauschenberg's creativity. I see in his work the aesthetics of street art, Basquiat and hip hop. Your description of his generosity of spirit is striking, work that is not necessarily about expensive fabrication but of the energy that comes from the street up,

[@TheArtChannel1]

Thank you for the thoughtful contribution. These are helpful observations.

[@theanimalgentleman5811]

I went to see it today, the last day. He is a very interesting artist. I can't quite work him out, but he has elements I love. A continuing mystery is important for an artist to possess. A lot of art disappoints me, whereas Rauschenberg's does not.

[@mercelloveras7453]

I had visited this exhibition and was really great. Thanks for this explanation.

[@lakshmanankomathmanalath]

😍One of the greatest artists❤❤❤

[@Bezeoner]

I see Rauschenberg as someone who celebrates the idea of progress in the spheres of politics and technology. He enjoys that we are now able to bend nature to the will of mankind. Very optimistic.

[@meltingpoint97]

Funny I’ve always thought that he is cynical about technology, depicting its obsolescence as a mirror of the death of historical epoch

[@alamedvav]

The goat represents an LSD trip gone wrong. The paint symbolizes glue sniffing before they changed the formula. The tennis ball is a symbol of the moon landing. Oh shit,.. I should be an art critic.

[@rlund651]

Another great post. Thank you for posting this show. I will be in London to see it in March. Always enjoy your videos

[@TheArtChannel1]

Richard, thank you for your continuing support.

[@rlund651]

After to combine series it has been said he had lost some of his spark. Maybe due to his alcoholism. I disagree he had a lot of great work throughout his career.

[@nealehowells5761]

hilarious

[@dizzydays]

love the artist but im nor sure about the narrative of this video

[@TheArtChannel1]

Please feel free to discuss the art of Robert Rauschenberg here and the film that we've made inside the exhibition.

[@MarioLorentz23Art]

I love how they talk so seriously about the goat in the tire.

[@TheArtChannel1]

That's because Rauschenberg is making a serious point.

[@tripleaaa4409]

To me it just looks like a goat in a tire.

[@bashsibda6289]

The Art Channel In South Africa that piece would be even more serious.

[@jamessmith4681]

Precisely. Pretentious personified

[@paulfreegard1271]

so what do you think 2.47 .......we will never find out

[@fks_ado]

It is saddening that people see a goat inside a tire "art"

[@evanjones5664]

It's sad that you don't.

[@fks_ado]

@@evanjones5664 I'm glad that I don't. How tf did we come from professional masters painting works like Mona Lisa and sculpting figures like Venus and David to a Goat with a tire around it. Critiques are just bullshitting reasons to sell mediocre "art". It's like saying that a shit I smeared through a dirty canvas is art because I put meaning behind it.

[@evanjones5664]

@@fks_ado we arrived at Rauschenberg because that's the nature of existence. Change. Chaos. Entropy. All of those things. How boring would it be if we were still only making the work of the dutch golden age, or renaissance painting? Those things had their place, Rauschenberg has his. You may not like it, but to say it isn't art is ignorant.

[@evanjones5664]

@@fks_ado also, you are mistaken that Rauschenberg is prescribing meaning to his work. He doesn't. It's not about meaning, it's about feeling. You're not supposed to look at his works and assume he's trying to pull one over on you. You're supposed to feel something from it, if you would allow yourself to.

[@fks_ado]

@@evanjones5664 What kind of lunatic would feel something from this kinds of work? What do you feel exactly? Art is not just about feeling, if it is, that proves my point that a shit smeared canvas may be qualified as art. Art is conveying a message with the standards set up by masters of different generations. Quality art from previous masters and hyperrealists today convey messages and make you "feel" the art with talent and skill gained from countless nights of practice. As I said, critiques only approve these kinds of work to please the market of other artists and to get a higher demand of effortless art.

[@theodoraas6416]

Love love love this Channel!

[@TheArtChannel1]

Thanks Theodor for the support. We value your appreciation.

[@matheuslopest23]

3:55 50 years before damien hirst

[@alexanderheiler]

I'm not sure I accept the idea that pop art is necessarily ironic or jokey. Is it?

[@mitutoyo34]

I guess that's where the Dada movement started...

[@jamesflowers874]

Acosta studio Nearly 40 years prior to this

[@ed-od9sd]

he bullied Warhol, the joke is on him now.

[@proust2020]

@No One Except that Warhol was the first to use silkscreen.

[@lunathedragongamer21]

10:05 reminds me of when I make pancakes 😋😋😋

[@odivalmarinho9720]

Um.pode sei la.. com pneu na cintura e umas marcar na cara que parece machucado... não pagaria PRa ver isso

[@RichardKing4U]

Very interesting to see what my competitions been upto. What their best shots have been. And this video has given me even more confidence. Many of the abstract group of artists can't draw to save their lives. It's true. Now they may provide entertainment to somebody at a loose end, and it might make a change from a crossword puzzle I suppose. But where's the humour ? Where's the topicality ? Where's the beauty, Where's the talent, ? Where's the skill, the craftsmanship ? Where's the artist persona showing through. Well if there's any of that, he's hidden it from view extremely well OK, let's think of something that's not been done before, something to get me noticed. I'm a good talker. In fact, I can talk the hind leg off a donkey and I've always been afraid of getting up in the morning and going to work, so I'll chance my hand at something outrageous, something that will give ME publicity I know, I'll buy that stuffed sheep I saw in the shop down the road and I've been trying to find a use for that tyre for ages but it still looks a bit drab. I know, I dab a bit of yellow and red paint on it's nose. That should do the trick. Now I've got to find a gallery who'll sell it to an "art lover" for big money, and then I'm OK for a few months and don't need to think about getting a proper job Ask yourself this question. Would you employ this Rauschenberg guy to paint your garden gate ? Yes, you're correct. I am having a pop at Rauschenberg's work. Horror of horrors ! How dare you ! Well I say, if you're an artist, and your selling your work or displaying it in the public domain, then you've got to put your big boy pants on and cope with it. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen Now I've produced far better stuff, and it's for sale, and you can criticise it and that's OK. What's source for the goose is source for the gander Kind regards to you all - Chris Newton - Artist Writer & Hypnotist - WWW.100Temptations.com

[@tripleaaa4409]

Chris Newton your art isn’t much different to be honest.

[@mikeoconnor2272]

chris newton your website is dead. another failed artist writer & hypnotist. What a joke

[@paolomardesic7539]

that goat isnt art

[@andreww5574]

A FUCKING GOAT WITH A TYRE ON IT? HAVE WE GONE MAD?

[@10Scimitar]

OUTRAGEOUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! I love Rauschenberg. Have loved him since art school. He made that when he was on the bones of his arse. Fucking delighted that this exists.

[@cherrio291]

Art is way beyond your understanding of art, obviously...... the quest of artists is to leave the past and go further and most importantly to dare and rebel..... At least you noticed! This is the first step, to engage the viewer.

[@eddyjames312]

I hate his work it’s disgusting

[@fks_ado]

I hate that people are stupid enough to see it as art.

[@jamesflowers874]

The goat piece was a tongue in cheek statement of sodomy and homosexuality, kind of like a goat RAMMING through the tire, such as a penis penetrating an anus. In this point of his career, it is believed that Bobs homosexuality became a more prominent thing in his life.

[@shrimpflea]

nobody cares what you think

[@sexobscura]

'a shit in a can' was the most *accurate* modern art piece