Plain Salt.(work by artist Robert Rauschenberg)(Brief Article)

From: School Arts | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

What is art? Most people would answer this question by listing categories such as painting, sculpture, and photography. They might also say that a work of art is a unique object that uses particular materials--such as canvas and paint--and that it illustrates the artist's mastery of technique or ability to capture the seemingly inexpressible. The artist Robert Rauschenberg, however, routinely turns all of these beliefs and others on their heads, and makes us truggle with the very meaning of art itself.

The Object

Plain Salt is one of a series of objects--collectively ...

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