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Word: gapsmanship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Irreconcilable Appearances. "Painting relates to both art and life," says Artist Robert Rauschenberg enthusiastically. "Neither can be made. I try to act in the gap between the two." His most spectacular feat of gapsmanship was his trend-setting Angora goat with rubber tire. It seems that Rauschenberg was struck by the incongruity of a stuffed goat in an office-furniture store window. He tried to paint the image. No good. But two years later, he laid a canvas on the floor, bought the goat, and set it on top of the canvas with a rubber tire around its middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: The Super Micro-Macro World of Wanderama | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

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