Robert Rauschenberg - Pop Art Pioneer
Alastair Sooke celebrates the American artist Robert Rauschenberg, who created a crucial bridge between the abstract expressionists of the 50s and the pop artists of the 60s.
Alastair Sooke celebrates the protean genius of one of America's most prolific and original artists, Robert Rauschenberg. Fearless and influential, he blazed a trail for artists in the second half of the 20th century, and yet his work is rarely seen here in the UK.
Rauschenberg was the first artist to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1964, creating a crucial bridge between the abstract expressionists of the 50s and the pop artists who emerged in the 60s.
Famous for his 'combines' that elevated the rich junk of life to the status of high art, he continued to work right up to his death in 2008, collaborating with dancers, scientists and social activists on a startlingly broad array of projects.
Alastair travels to the east coast of the USA to talk to those closest to Rauschenberg to reveal the boundless curiosity and restless experimentation that kept him engaged till the very end of his six-decade career.
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Cream
I Feel Free
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ODESZA
Bloom
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Nick Drake
Cello Song
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Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
After The Dance
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Brian Eno
1/1 (Excerpt)
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Nick Drake
Three Hours
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Talking Heads
Seen And Not Seen
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Talking Heads
Drugs
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Brian Eno
In Dark Trees
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William Orbit
In a landscape
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Cream
White Room
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Fatback
Wicky Wacky
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Japan
All Tomorrow's Parties
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The Velvet Underground
Sunday Morning
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Love
Alone Again Or
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Sufjan Stevens
Futile Devices
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Strange Cargo
The Name of The Wave
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Donna Summer
I Feel Love
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Donna Summer
I Feel Love
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London Grammar
Hey Now
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London Grammar
Hey Now
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London Grammar
If You Wait
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Nick Drake
Place To Be
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Alastair Sooke |
Series Producer | John Mullen |
Executive Producer | Janet Lee |
Broadcasts
- Sat 10 Dec 2016 21:4591热爆 Two except Northern Ireland
- Sat 10 Dec 2016 22:1591热爆 Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 14 Dec 2016 00:0591热爆 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Wed 14 Dec 2016 00:2591热爆 Two Wales
- Wed 14 Dec 2016 00:3591热爆 Two Scotland
- Thu 26 Jan 2017 03:20
- Mon 12 Feb 2018 21:00
- Tue 13 Feb 2018 03:00
- Mon 15 Oct 2018 02:00
- Thu 23 Jan 2020 02:00
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