Robert Rauschenberg goat and other art oddities

[Martin-O2]

Hey guys, 

The Tate Modern will be displaying a series of works by the American artist Robert Rauschenberg which will include sculpture's made from 1970's shredded wheat boxes or his "white paintings" which are only complete when the viewer casts a shadow on them. 

One of the more unusual works that will be displayed is a stuffed goat with an old car tyre tied around it's back. It's quite unusual but interesting to look at. 

Whilst I would consider the goat sculpture art I'm not so sure about some of the other things that are put forward as modern art, especially some of the Turner Prize entries like the big blob of blu tack on the wall or the room with flickering lights! 

What do you guys think about modern art? Is it people making a fuss over nothing or is there genuinely some creativity in these modern art works? 

[viridis]

500 years after the renaissance we look upon the art and take in the intricacies of these masterpiece works....
In 500 years time, humanity will look back and think Damien Hurst was a manager at the local dump and Robert Rauschenberg was some weirdo that collected roadkill.
Its crap, we all know it's crap and it always will be crap, the only people who don't think it's crap are freaks with too much money and no common sense, who like to tell people how much they paid for a plastic bag tied to a stuffed hippo anus

[viridis]

Google "homers bbq pit"

[Cleoriff]

Personally... I always think 'art' of this nature is a cop out for people who have limited talent, an immense ego and just want to shock.(and have their 5 minutes of fame).....

Robert Rauschenberger and his 'White Paintings'....mmmmmm....don't make me laugh

[Beenherebefore]

Is that a taxidermy goat ?

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

Is that a taxidermy goat ?

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Well it does say it's stuffed....

[Beenherebefore]

So he bought a stuffed goat and put a tyre around it and called it "Art".......what a stupid name for a goat.

[Beenherebefore]

From his website :

" A term coined by Rauschenberg, Combines merged aspects of painting and sculpture to become an entirely new artistic category. Art critic Leo Steinberg observed that the orientation of the Combines challenged the traditional concept of the picture plane as an extension of the viewers space, providing a window into another reality. Instead, Steinberg argued, a Combine is like a tabletop or bulletin board—a “receptor surface on which objects are scattered, on which data is entered.” "

Yes.....of course it is...now put these jackets back on and let me lock you up for the night.

http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/art-in-context/monogram

[Anonymous]

It isn't Art as we know it ... but it is what 'Art' has become 

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

From his website :

" A term coined by Rauschenberg, Combines merged aspects of painting and sculpture to become an entirely new artistic category. Art critic Leo Steinberg observed that the orientation of the Combines challenged the traditional concept of the picture plane as an extension of the viewers space, providing a window into another reality. Instead, Steinberg argued, a Combine is like a tabletop or bulletin board—a “receptor surface on which objects are scattered, on which data is entered.” "

Yes.....of course it is...now put these jackets back on and let me lock you up for the night.

http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/art-in-context/monogram

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And take your stuffed goat with you....