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Title
Yellow visor glut
1989
Artist
Robert Rauschenberg
United States of America
22 Oct 1925 - 12 May 2008
About
In the late 1980s, after touring extensively around the world, Rauschenberg returned to his studio on Captiva Island in Florida where he began making his ‘glut’ series. The inspiration for this series was the recession that hit Texas in the 1980s due to an oil glut on the global financial market. In 1985 Rauschenberg held a major exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston and while driving to the museum noticed all the scrap metal and car wrecks littering the Texan roadsides. The works in the ‘glut’ series are made out of car parts, containers and road signs that are assembled or twisted into poetic and elegant shapes.
Details
Date
1989
Materials used
riveted metal parts
Dimensions
147.0 x 126.0 x 25.5 cm
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Location
Not on display
Accession number
184.2010
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts, Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Chicago, 12 Oct 1990–24 Nov 1990
1991 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, United States of America, 02 Apr 1991–16 Jun 1991
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 12 Dec 1995–17 Mar 1996
Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 18 Apr 2003–06 Jul 2003
Referenced in 5 publications
Bibliography
Wayne Tunnicliffe', John Kaldor family collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Robert Rauschenberg', pg.44-61, Sydney, 2011, 47,61 (colour illus.).
From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Sydney, 1995, 20 (colour illus.), 86.
Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Adelaide, 2003, 33 (colour illus.), 61.
Whitney Museum of American Art: 1991 Biennial Exhibition, New York, 1991, 224 (colour illus.). as 'Yellow visor'
Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts, Chicago, 1990, (colour illus.). as 'Untitled'