Tag Archives: Rauschenberg

Looking Back at Avant-Garde

Overheard at the Princeton University Art Museum: “It’s more conceptual than his usual stuff; there are no hanging things.” Robert Rauschenberg’s “Plank” is overpowering in size, and if you’re here in search of “hanging things” your eye may drift toward … Continue reading

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New York Cool

Pictured here is Kenneth Noland’s 1958 oil on canvas, “Spread,” which will be part of an exhibit, New York Cool, at the Bowdoin College Art Museum opening April 17 — regrettably, after I’ve returned to New Jersey. It will focus … Continue reading

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I Won!

Well, it was only third place, but still, “Best Arts & Entertainment Writing” for the Suburban Newspapers of America contest is nothing to sneeze at. (And I have won first place in years past.) This year the contest includes Canada … Continue reading

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