Robert Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. Rauschenberg was both a painter and a sculptor and the Combines are a combination of both, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and performance. Rauschenberg was keenly interested in the iconography of American popular culture.
He connects tightly with Abstract expression without losing the latter's expressiveness. He designs a stressed collage by using any types of material such as like house paint, and techniques such painting with a tire dipped in ink. This groundbreaking technique contributed to the course of modern art and creative expression. The works are sometimes called Neo-Dada. In this collage, he uses the current events that can be gatherred from newspaper and magazines. The mana in the collage is John F. Kennedy speaking at televise news conference. There is also a picture of astronaut. he overlapping, and seemingly disparate, composition creates a colorful visual commentary on a media-saturated culture struggling to come to grips with the television era.
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