Robert Rauschenberg Book order

Iconoclastic American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) shot over fifty rolls of film during his first trip to Beijing in 1982, resulting in his rare color photography work Study for Chinese Summerhall (1983). Just three years later, he became the first Western contemporary artist to exhibit in Mainland China after the Cultural Revolution as part of his Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI, 1985–91). The catalogue Rauschenberg in China, published on the occasion of the artist’s exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, presents these projects alongside his The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece (1981–98), a single artwork comprised of 190 parts made over nearly two decades. The catalogue reproduces this work in full for the first time, accompanied by essays by Helen Hsu, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation curator; Philip Tinari, UCCA director; Susan Davidson and David White, exhibition co-curators; Hiroko Ikegami, Kobe University professor; and Felicia Chen, UCCA assistant curator.

One of America’s most important artists, Robert Rauschenberg consistently fuses painting, found art, photography and printing in his works. Now available in paperback, this stunning book brings together sixty of Rauschenberg’s most exciting posters. Arranged thematically and chronologically, the posters display the full range of Rauschenberg’s stylistic development from the 1960s to the 1990s. Since 1963 the artist has been designing posters to advertise his own exhibitions, music and dance performances, and to address sociopolitical issues. This breathtaking volume features full page, color reproductions that allow the viewer to truly appreciate the complexity, ambiguity, and incredible scope of Rauschenberg’s oeuvre.