Scope and Contents This is a biography of Robert Rauschenberg based upon personal interviews by the biographer of almost every one important to the artist over his entire life span. It begins with a quotation from Rauschenberg, "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in the gap between the two)"Mary Lynn Kotz provides a critical discussion of several artistic works reproduced in this book. One of them is "Opal Gospel, "a multiple artist book produced in 1971. The word 'opal' was suggested to Rauschenberg by the iridescent inks used in the work. It is an unbound book containing poems from the Nootka, Chippewa, Nanajo, Iglulik, Pawnee and Apache tribes, printed with Rauschenberg's illustrations from nature in iridescent ink on clear plexiglas. The panels or pages, are interchangeable in their stands. With this hauntingly iridescent work, Rauschenberg celebrated his own American Indian heritage. This biography is the only fully illustrated account of Rauschenberg's...

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Rauschenberg's 34 drawings for Dante's Inferno are reproduced in this catalogue. The images for Cantos III and V accompany this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackners saw this exhibition that consisted of mostly unusually designed art catalogues. Further, it was their first discovery of the utilization of glass green houses as an economical means to display large quantities of books and objects. This installation was used in an exhibition in 2000 at the same museum "170 Jahre." The Sackners also used a modification of this installation in their exhibition, "The Beauty in Breathing" (1992) in Miami Beach. The catalogue consists of a listing that is divided into sections according to the boo'ks design. The computer print-out of the individual works as to their descriptions and annotations is disappointing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Le Courtisan Grotesque by Miro and Iliazd and "Opal Gospel" by Rauschenberg which are held by the Sackner Archive are listed and described. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes Fahlstrom's manifesto for concrete poetry (1953). *WEB 1998: Sharon Avery-Fahlstrom Executrix, Estate of Oyvind Fahlstrom commented that the principal contributor to this catalogue was Oyvind Fahlstrom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue is almost identical to the one published for the Modern Museet exhibition except that the text is written in French. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an excellent, brief essay on the status of artist' books in 1982. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.