national gallery of art washington d c prestel munich (1 Ergebnisse)

First edition. 4to., 199 pp., chiefly illustrated with color and b&w plates from various media, including photographs. A fine copy in the lightly rubbed, color printed, silver foil dust jacket. Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-Sept. 2, 1991. Includes bibliographical references. A catalog of an international art project seven years in the making, ROCI documents an exhibition that traveled in many senses. Robert Rauschenberg, once the enfant terrible of the New York School, is now the Old Master journeying to disparate locales in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Americas, salvaging found or discarded objects and imagery. The resulting ROCI exhibitions, held in each nation after intensely focused research trips by the artist, incorporate Rauschenberg's ability to accumulate the images and colors of a society--from the sacred to the banal--into a structure of cultural interchange and international diplomacy.