RAUSCHENBERG

In this book, the only full-scale account of Robert Rauschenberg''s life created with his complete cooperation, we follow the artist from his childhood in the oil town of Port Arthur, Texas, to his friendships with Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Willem de Kooning, and Frank Stella in New York. We experience Rauschenberg''s zeal for experimentation with his forays into set and costume design for modern dance and his startling achievements with the now-famous combines. A special feature of this book, is the first time publication of the artist''s most recent and significant creation--R. O. C. I. (Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange)--a continually evolving body of work developed and exhibited all over the world.