“Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective”

Robert Rauschenberg’s credentials as one of the world’s leading contemporary visualists have never been in question, so why are the first words from the lips of so many art aficionados “He’s never been one of my favorite artists”? The question lingers in the air, despite the quality of the Texas native’s work in general and… Continue reading “Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective”

The postmod squad

Ego and art have always been bedfellows, whatever the medium of expression. And Trisha Brown is the acknowledged (and self-acknowledged) master of her own expressionistic realm: postmodern dance with a formalist bent. She makes no bones about it. “It’s lonely here at the top,” Brown says bluntly by phone from New York during a break… Continue reading The postmod squad