'50s Rauschenberg: Paving the way for Pop and beyond

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: February 2, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

During the 1950s, the role of the New York art world's enfant terrible fell to Robert Rauschenberg. It was perfect casting. By mid-decade, the young artist already had produced some of the most audacious works ever made. There was, for instance, the Willem de Kooning drawing he erased, labeled and framed. Or the 22-foot-long print of an automobile tire tread. Or the rock simply tied to a wood block.

Because of Rauschenberg's flair for the unconventional, few at the time were willing to take his work seriously. Too often, his early work was dismissed as the irreverent antics of a youthful ...

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