Probably one of the biggest inspirations for me from the art community, Robert Rauschenberg is considered a highly influencial artist of modern American Art. He has been titled with being one of America's earliest Pop artists, and even been titled a Neo-Dadaist, although he considered his work to be very "Neo-Rauschenberg". Best known for his Combines in the mid-50s. This series of pieces all included found objects in a collaged element. His most famous Combine: Monogram can be seen below. But he did more than just paint and collage, Rauschenberg also loved to work with other creative minds, both in the field of art and dance. He worked with such names Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham, among other abstract artists of the mid-20th century. Rauschenberg had even experimented with movement and is a part of a group of people, whom some consider the first group to invent the idea of Happenings. After his Combines, Robert worked with the scientific community to create EAT (Experiments in Art and Technology), which helped to fund art works with scientific elements, such as works that moved to sound, works that involved chemical reactions, etc. Rauschenberg would continue to create works for the rest of the century, and sadly passed away in 2008. His creativity and imagination has paved the way for many artists of the present day, and he is one of my favorite artists in modern art.
Monogram. 1955-59
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