The Great Migrator: Robert Rauschenberg and the Global Rise of American Art

by Hiroko Ikegami

Book Overview

Robert Rauschenberg on tour in 1964 and the early globalization of the art world. In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg, already a frequent transatlantic traveler, became even more peripatetic, joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as costume and set designer for its first world tour. Rauschenberg and the company visited thirty cities in fourteen countries throughout Europe and Asia. During the tour, he not only devised sets and costumes but also enacted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262014254
• ISBN13: 9780262014250
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher