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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

The New York Times Article On Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg


Jasper Johns – Painting with Two Balls
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Robert Rauschenberg - Canyon, 1959



Marcel Duchamp - Fountain 1917
"What it was, was skee-ball." From left, Bill Giles, Anna Moreska, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham and John Cage watch Jasper Johns play skee-ball in New York City, November 10, 1959.


There is a great article in the New York Times about a couple of my old time favorite artists. I used to devour the work of the Duchamp, Rauschenberg and Johns in my high school years.  It's neat to see that they all played well together. 

There are some interesting items taken from the article that would be worth looking into such as the “Merce 65”ipad app and the Philadelphia Art Museum. It’s been on my list of museums to visit. Perhaps the time has come to visit it. 


The New York Times
January 7, 2013

Cunningham and Johns: Rare Glimpses Into a Collaboration
PHILADELPHIA — The current exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, “Dancing Around the Bride,” on view through Jan. 21, honors five artists: Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. These artists led a movement away from expressionism in art and often away from art as an artist’s expression of personal feelings. The exhibition shows innumerable links among them…
Link to full article here.



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