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| Robert Rauschenberg, Erased de Kooning |
He's right, there is something poetic about it. It's a little bit crazy too.
The genesis of this drawing is complicated and is explained more clearly in this Tate Magazine article than I could ever explain it. I think of it like this: sometimes the path must be cleared so a new direction can be seen. To truly taste something, the palette must be cleansed. To truly hear, you must appreciate silence. It seems rather radical and a really grand gesture, but really it was a continuation of Malevich's painting and of Rauschenberg's own White paintings. I would post a picture of the White painting, but honestly, the title is pretty descriptive. With the erased de Kooning drawing, an 'empty' sheet of paper still contained the history and reference to the day's greatest artist, but it also contained the limitless possibilities of the future. Yes, I think that's poetic. It's a seemingly blank sheet of paper that tells a very interesting story...
The genesis of this drawing is complicated and is explained more clearly in this Tate Magazine article than I could ever explain it. I think of it like this: sometimes the path must be cleared so a new direction can be seen. To truly taste something, the palette must be cleansed. To truly hear, you must appreciate silence. It seems rather radical and a really grand gesture, but really it was a continuation of Malevich's painting and of Rauschenberg's own White paintings. I would post a picture of the White painting, but honestly, the title is pretty descriptive. With the erased de Kooning drawing, an 'empty' sheet of paper still contained the history and reference to the day's greatest artist, but it also contained the limitless possibilities of the future. Yes, I think that's poetic. It's a seemingly blank sheet of paper that tells a very interesting story...
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