Documentary Response Assignment: Robert Rauschenberg – Pop Art Pioneer

Watch the Documentary: Robert Rauschenberg – Pop Art Pioneer and then answer the following set of questions. Answer all parts of each question and do so with complete sentences and thoughts.

1.) 

What was so important about Black Mountain College and how was the curriculum at the college, including the teaching staff, unique compared with other art schools/ colleges of the time?

2.)

Why did Robert Rauschenberg consider Joseph Albers (former Bauhaus professor) his most important influence at Black Mountain?

3.)

When Rauschenberg returned to New York City in the mid-1950s, who were the dominant names in the art world and the high-selling style on the art market? Why was he at odds with their controlling influence?

4.)

Explain the significance of the "Erased de Kooning" piece that Rauschenberg created through an act of destruction. Why was this such a radical gesture?

5.)

What was the term that Rauschenberg came up with for his pioneering new technique of sculptural collage? How are these works similar to the the early Dada artwork we’ve studied.

6.)

Why did Rauschenberg collaborate with a group of scientists from Bell laboratories in the 1960s? What type of work did he produce during this period?

7.)

What did Rauschenberg hope to achieve through the establishment of his overseas culture interchange (R.O.C.I)? 

8.)

Which of the artists many phases/ styles of art-making did you find yourself most attracted to, or interested in? Why, be specific?

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