Four Robert Rauschenberg Podcasts
National Gallery of Art Talks Describe Artist & Printmaking
Four podcasts from the National Gallery of Art discuss aspects of American artist Robert Rauschenberg's life and work in printmaking.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. announced on February 13, 2008 the addition of four new ArtTalk podcasts released in conjunction with Let the World In: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg from the National Gallery of Art and Related Collections (October 28, 2007-March 30, 2008). Available for free download from the NGA's website, each podcast features lively commentary by Charles Ritchie, the museum's Associate Curator of Modern Prints and Drawings, and Mary Lynn Kotz, biographer and author of Rauschenberg: Art and Life.
- Part 1: Printmaking, Collaboration, and Language (6:00) discusses the artist's favorite medium.
- Part 2: The Personal and the Global (6:07) explains references in Rauschenberg's work.
- Part 3: Family Matters (6:34) describes the role of the artist's parents in his choice of career and how his work was affected by Rauschenberg's strained relationship with his father.
- Part 4: Today's Work (4:09) explains The Lotus Series.
