Robert RauschenbergThe early 1950s, when Robert Rauschenberg launched his career, was the heyday of the heroic gestural painting of Abstract Expressionism. Rauschenberg challenged this tradition, inventing new intermedia forms of art making that shaped the decades to come. Published in conjunction with the inaugural 21st century retrospective of this defining figure, this book offers fresh perspectives on Rauschenbergs widely celebrated Combines (195464) and silkscreen