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...already been used meticulously by Picasso and Kurt Schwitters. Rauschenberg jammed his found objects together with a different kind of abandon. He produced industrial-strength "combines," big pieces in which worlds collided with a bang. Monogram, from 1955 to '59, featured a wooden platform on which stood a stuffed Angora goat with a tire around its waist. It was typical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Rauschenberg: The Wild and Crazy Guy | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...work that was more loose limbed and encompassing?and a lot less solemn?than even the most tumultuous drip painting. Eventually a Rauschenberg could happily include slapdash washes of paint, old shirts, a discarded sock, newspaper headlines, pictures cut from magazines and?why not??a stuffed angora goat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Misfits | 5/13/2008 | See Source »

...don’t want to get a bad reputation like me, wear fuzzy pink angora sweaters and dye your hair blonde,” she said. “It does wonders...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Author Atwood Discusses Writing | 11/20/2001 | See Source »

GARNET HILL BATH TOWELS, $24 Why does Garnet Hill www.garnethill.com include on its site such light-on-plot sagas as the Mohair Story and the Angora Story? Because its lush products, from sheets and towels to maternity clothes to sleepwear, are all made from natural fibers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...chenille to silk to cashmere. "The difference today is in the fabrics," says Edith Eig, owner of the shop. "People used to knit with wool because they didn't have the choice. Today you have every choice imaginable." The selection doesn't come cheap. A 10-g ball of angora costs about $15. Sound fair? Well, consider that 35 balls are needed for an average angora sweater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Clicking Sound | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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