Robert Rauschenberg died last night. One of the great 20th-century artists. A huge loss for art.
Gothamist ended their news story about his death with this great quote:
[Rauschenberg] once said, “I think you’re born an artist or not. I couldn’t have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations.”
Locally, he exhibited a huge piece at MassMoCA, in 1999, 2 Furlong Piece (shown above), an enormous quarter-mile long work-in-progress that lined the walls of MassMoCA’s largest gallery.
