Retroactive I
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| - | ''[[Retroactive I]]'' ([[1964]]) is a visual artwork by [[Robert Rauschenberg]] which "[[collage]]d" images of current events gathered from magazines and newspapers. A large press photograph of [[John F. Kennedy]] speaking at a televised news conference was the source for this screen print on canvas. He [[juxtaposed]] the image of Kennedy with another photo [[silkscreen]] of a [[parachuting]] [[astronaut]]. The overlapping, and seemingly [[disparate]], composition creates a colorful visual commentary on a [[mediatization|media-saturated culture]] struggling to come to grips with the [[television]] era. ([[Susan Hapgood]]’s ''Neo-Dada, Redefining Art 1958-1962'') | + | ''[[Retroactive I]]'' ([[1964]]) is a visual artwork by [[Robert Rauschenberg]] which "[[collage]]d" images of current events gathered from magazines and newspapers. A large press photograph of [[John F. Kennedy]] speaking at a televised news conference was the source for this screen print on canvas. He [[juxtaposed]] the image of Kennedy with another photo [[silkscreen]] of a [[parachuting]] [[astronaut]]. The overlapping, and seemingly [[disparate]], composition creates a colorful visual commentary on a [[mediatization|media-saturated culture]] struggling to come to grips with the [[television]] era. (see [[Susan Hapgood]]’s ''Neo-Dada, Redefining Art 1958-1962'') |
| The painting was described by [[John Coulthart]] in 2008 as a work that could easily serve as an illustration to [[J. G. Ballard]]'s for ''[[The Atrocity Exhibition]]''. Coulthart added that "Rauschenberg was one of a handful of artists who seemed to depict in visual terms what Ballard was describing in words. In this respect [[Robert Hughes]]’s discussion of the “landscape of media” [in ''[[The Shock of the New]]'' (1980)] (Ballard’s common phrase would be “media landscape”) is coincidental but significant." | The painting was described by [[John Coulthart]] in 2008 as a work that could easily serve as an illustration to [[J. G. Ballard]]'s for ''[[The Atrocity Exhibition]]''. Coulthart added that "Rauschenberg was one of a handful of artists who seemed to depict in visual terms what Ballard was describing in words. In this respect [[Robert Hughes]]’s discussion of the “landscape of media” [in ''[[The Shock of the New]]'' (1980)] (Ballard’s common phrase would be “media landscape”) is coincidental but significant." | ||
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Retroactive I (1964) is a visual artwork by Robert Rauschenberg which "collaged" images of current events gathered from magazines and newspapers. A large press photograph of John F. Kennedy speaking at a televised news conference was the source for this screen print on canvas. He juxtaposed the image of Kennedy with another photo silkscreen of a parachuting astronaut. The overlapping, and seemingly disparate, composition creates a colorful visual commentary on a media-saturated culture struggling to come to grips with the television era. (see Susan Hapgood’s Neo-Dada, Redefining Art 1958-1962)
The painting was described by John Coulthart in 2008 as a work that could easily serve as an illustration to J. G. Ballard's for The Atrocity Exhibition. Coulthart added that "Rauschenberg was one of a handful of artists who seemed to depict in visual terms what Ballard was describing in words. In this respect Robert Hughes’s discussion of the “landscape of media” [in The Shock of the New (1980)] (Ballard’s common phrase would be “media landscape”) is coincidental but significant."
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