Rauschenberg: Art and Life

by Mary Lynn Kotz

A revised edition of a retrospective on the Venice Biennale grand prize-winning artist incorporates the last ten years of his career including his retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim in 1997, in a lavishly illustrated portrait that traces his early years, the creation of his famous combines, his work with new technologies, and the establishm

Genres: Art, Biography

352 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1990

About the author

Mary Lynn Kotz, the author of four books, is a freelance magazine journalist based in Washington, DC. A contributing editor of ARTnews, she has written many cover stories, including “A Day with Georgia O’Keeffe.” Her book Rauschenberg: Art and Life is the biography of the late American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), about whom she has given illustrated lectures at more than seventy museums and festivals, including at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Reviews

[Chris Lockhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of all my favorite artists, I find Rauschenberg the most inspiring. So far this is the greatest book I have read about him. It is loaded with many excellent images. The author is well informed and writes great interest. The books jumps around chronologically and thematically, but does so in a coherent way. I can't even tell you how much I loved this book.

[Dyer]

I've just read about the first hundred pages. This monograph is engrossing and engaging. I highly recommend this, especially for those of us who want to get a better grasp about modern art and how it develops and is pertinent to modern life and culture.

[Brandy Blaylock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genius-tastic!

[Micheal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out of the real world.
-R. Rauschenberg

[Virginia Bryant]

makes me wish I'd gotten to know him better.

[Dan Pfeiffer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitive.

[Cc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best wedding present ever. He will be missed.