trilogy from bellini tracer alludes to a controversial event of the 1960s, the vietnam war, by...
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Trilogy from Bellini
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Tracer alludes to a controversial event of the 1960s, the Vietnam war, by incorporating American symbols of patriotism and war--
army helicopters and a bald eagle. It also includes, however, an everyday street scene and a
reproduction of Peter Paul Rubens' Venus at her Toilet (c. 1613-15), a classic symbol of beauty and love. In the end,
however, we are left to construct our own narrative concerning the
"thread" that might link these images in contemporary
experience.
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Rebus
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Retroactive I
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Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba II
Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard
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Bed
. "Bed," oil and graphite on quilt and mattress, deals with the role of painting in an artist's life and the mess it makes of dreams, desire and love.
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Canyon
"Canyon," with a bald eagle, tells the story of Zeus as he turns into a bird to kidnap the beautiful boy, Ganymede.
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Robert Rauschenberg in conversation with the legendary Tanya Grosman in her studio on Long Island outside New York:tanya: I remember when Bob erased the drawing of de Kooning ... like somebody writes and he erases it, makes a sort of collage out of it.bob: It was nothing destructive. I unwrote that drawing because I was trying to write one with the other end of the pencil that had an eraser.tanya: (dreamily) You went over it ...bob: I had plenty of erasers but I didn't have any art and I'd only figured out fifty per cent of this problem but if I did the drawing and then erased it it would go back to nothing so I had to take something that was accepted as art to use the eraser as a drawing tool. I don't think Bill de Kooning would let anybody else do it now.tanya: At the time he was fascinated.bob: Terrißed! A new generation of erasers! I was trying both at the same time to purge myself of my teaching and at the same time exercise the possibilities so I was doing monochrome no-image. It was only natural that I would use the other end of the pencil and that's not like having an idea if it's in the middle of your life and the way you're working. I mean, to have an idea I've gotten many invitations: 'Please, send me your work, that I can burn, because I understood what you meant by the erased de Kooning!'The erased de Kooning, it's like a picked ßower, and not even stolen, I asked permission, and so it wilts and the other end of my pencil was the wilter. It wasn't a gesture, it had nothing to do with destruction. I would never part with it. How much could you charge for a de Kooning drawing that took three weeks to erase by an artist who also has a reputation? In what way do you add that? That goes back to the flowers again too. If you've ever really looked into a rose that you have asked for, it lasts much longer than anything sent to you or that you're growing. I may have to raise the price!... Or erase it! said Maxime de la Falaise McKendry, who wrote down this conversation
Erased de Kooning Drawing
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Odalisque