Robert Rauschenberg was a remarkable contemporary artist whose art style makes the name “Andy Warhol” and the like come to mind, developing artwork at similar time frames and sharing similar techniques. Unlike traditional popular culture artists, Rauschenberg created prints with a hybrid technique of photography, printmaking, and papermaking. He refers to his artwork as combines, because of the three dimensional effect observed when viewing these unique prints. Rauschenberg is classified mainly under two artistic movements, Neo-Dada and Abstract Expressionism. The Philadelphia Museum of Art displays one of his unique creations, Estate.
In Estate Rauschenberg is displaying an abstract perspective of New York where one cannot distinguish up from down. Seeing the brighter reds can draw the viewer’s eyes to the street sign which seems to be normal, but upon closer inspection has no concrete appearance. Scattered on the outer edges of the canvas are familiar portraits of New York, such as the Statue of Liberty in the bottom left. One idea which always comes to mind with New York is how chaotic it can be with the high population density. Rauschenberg shows this idea of chaos by having these scattered elements around the canvas in an unordered fashion. Rauschenberg uses many different mediums on canvas, thus reinforcing this idea of chaos. If one …show more content…
Both artists have masterpieces depicting popular culture at the time in an artistic environment, revealing the true beauty of popular culture. Rauschenberg however advanced printmaking to a completely different level. Warhol understandably was not trying to achieve a three dimensional depiction to an extent, however one may argue that Rauschenberg had a unique concept which really enabled his artwork stand out in many varying aspects. Robert Rauschenberg developed a modern theme that takes popular culture art to an even more detailed
In Estate Rauschenberg is displaying an abstract perspective of New York where one cannot distinguish up from down. Seeing the brighter reds can draw the viewer’s eyes to the street sign which seems to be normal, but upon closer inspection has no concrete appearance. Scattered on the outer edges of the canvas are familiar portraits of New York, such as the Statue of Liberty in the bottom left. One idea which always comes to mind with New York is how chaotic it can be with the high population density. Rauschenberg shows this idea of chaos by having these scattered elements around the canvas in an unordered fashion. Rauschenberg uses many different mediums on canvas, thus reinforcing this idea of chaos. If one …show more content…
Both artists have masterpieces depicting popular culture at the time in an artistic environment, revealing the true beauty of popular culture. Rauschenberg however advanced printmaking to a completely different level. Warhol understandably was not trying to achieve a three dimensional depiction to an extent, however one may argue that Rauschenberg had a unique concept which really enabled his artwork stand out in many varying aspects. Robert Rauschenberg developed a modern theme that takes popular culture art to an even more detailed