Profile: Artist Robert Rauschenberg now living and producing in Florida

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Profile: Artist Robert Rauschenberg now living and producing in Florida

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In the 1950s, artist Robert Rauschenberg created a sensation in New York when he broke away from abstract expressionism. He turned 74 years old today and he's still working in new ways on a Barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico near Ft. Myers, Florida. From member station WGCU, Amy Tardiff has this profile.

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