Robert Rauschenberg and David Smith: Compelling Contiguities

• Autores: Alex Potts
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 89, Nº 1, 2007, págs. 148-159
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • review of exhibitions of the works of two American artists: “David Smith: A Centennial,” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and “Robert Rauschenberg: Combines,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Both exhibitions draw attention to facets of these artists' oeuvres that have been underexposed—the combines by Rauschenberg, and the more figural, welded and forged, open metal sculptures by Smith. Although Smith and Rauschenberg are assumed to represent two very different tendencies in 20th-century art—the former associated with the weightier convictions of the Abstract Expressionist generation, and the latter with the laidback, experimental outlook of later neo-Dada or Pop artists—the conjunction of these two exhibitions offers a good opportunity to explore both their affinities and differences. Among the areas where they seem to have shared common ground are in their commitment to an artistic project, their experimentation with assemblage and open-ended artistic process, and their concern with issues of imaging, reference, and significance.