Tag Archives: assemblage

Robert Rauschenberg and Working in the Gap

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Mark Kerstetter

It’s hard to read about Robert Rauschenberg without encountering a Great American Image: a uniquely American hero in modern visual art. It seems to me rather that he was more like the Slavoj Žižek of the art world of his … Continue reading →

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An Other Room

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

An Other Room Elbowing my way into the place where I can spread out jets of controlled wantonness; a room like Pollock’s, where pain and rage are unfurled and made to dance off the fingertips —wave riders and storm chasers … Continue reading →

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Show at the Morean Arts Center

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

Thanks to the kind invitation of Denis Gaston, an artist I greatly admire, I will be showing my salvaged wood cutouts to the public for the first time. The following is based on my artist’s statement provided for the show … Continue reading →

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