{"product_id":"robert-rauschenbergs-erased-de-kooning-drawing-1953-9783775755030","title":"Robert Rauschenberg's »Erased de Kooning Drawing« (1953)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeing the Unseen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErased de Kooning Drawing\u003c\/em\u003e is an artwork that radically challenged the very definition of art and questioned the notion of the artist as creator. Three American artists were involved in its creation: In 1953, Robert Rauschenberg erased a drawing by Willem de Kooning, who had somewhat reluctantly given his consent. Jasper Johns created a label for its first public presentation that proved to be key to the psychological framing of the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaving been transmuted into something new, the obliterated drawing was soon perceived as a pivotal moment in art history: In the 1950s it was considered Neo-Dada, in the 1960s it was hailed as the beginning of conceptual art, and by the 1980s it was seen as a departure into postmodernism. Numerous artists referenced the work, and it became a touchstone in Rauschenberg's oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGregor Stemmrich outlines its status as a litmus test for the definitions of modernism, literalism, and postmodernism, and demonstrates its continuing relevance for the theory of the image and the question of appropriation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432271495404,"sku":"9783775755030","price":130.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783775755030.jpg?v=1774555486","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/robert-rauschenbergs-erased-de-kooning-drawing-1953-9783775755030","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}