Exhibition Details


Location: Orientation Gallery
Dates: July 14, 2018
to November 11, 2018

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July 14 — November 11, 2018

Rauschenberg and Johns: The Blurring of Art and Life presents rarely-shown prints from the Museum's collection by two giants of twentieth-century art, providing a fascinating new insight into the innovative, mutually influential practices of two artists.

The Blurring of Art and Life showcases works on paper, including lithographs, silkscreens, screen prints, and collage, by neo-Dada artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns that present a lesser-known side of their artistic practices. These works detail a fascinating visual conversation between two of modern art’s most influential creators, evident in their comparable use of collage and mixed media in service of multiple, often uncertain, meanings.

Rauschenberg and Johns met in 1953 in New York City. The two artists created alongside each other and collaborated for years, first as friends and then as romantic partners from 1954 to 1961. Both artists also spent time at the workshop Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) in Los Angeles, which influenced their mutually collaborative approach to printmaking. As a result, they inevitably grew to create art that bears obvious similarities. Evident in the prints on display, Rauschenberg and Johns often stacked images upon images to create visually complex compositions that suggest meanings that are fluid, if not wholly undefined.
 

Rauschenberg and Johns: The Blurring of Art and Life is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of donors to the Museum’s annual fund.

 

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August 18, 2018 | 10 am-2 pm
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ADMISSION

 

General Admission:
$18 — Adults
$15 — Senior Citizens (Ages 65+)
$13 — Students (with ID) 
Free — Youth ages 17 and under (*through September 30, 2018)

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This exhibition is open to the public during voluntary-donation, pay-what-you-wish hours from 3–9 pm each Wednesday, from 6–10 pm on the First Friday of each month, and from noon–5 pm on the second Sunday of each month.
 
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*Free admission for youth 17 and under is courtesy of the PhxArt Open for Kids program presented by the Steele Foundation from July 1 – September 30, 2018.

PRESS INFORMATION

Media images and credit lines: Download here
Press Release: Download here
Media Contact: Margaree Bigler, Public Relations Manager, margaree.bigler@phxart.org 

IMAGES

 
Robert Rauschenberg, Passport (from Ten from Leo Castelli), 1967. Color screenprint on three rotating plastic discs. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
 
Robert Rauschenberg, Poster for Dayton's Gallery 12, 1970. Offset lithograph on paper. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
 
Jasper Johns, Flag, Committee Against the War in Vietnam, 1969. © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.