Robert Rauschenberg, “Anagrams, Arcadian Retreats, Anagrams (A Pun)”

Like Picasso, Rauschenberg (1925–2008) was known for his prodigious output as well as wild, innovative leaps and a willingness to experiment outside the box no matter the medium. He was a collagist of life, using found objects and images in densely packed pictorial compositions and sculptural aggregations to evoke the subjective nature of experience. In these works from the 1990s, he used the technically difficult dye-transfer method to apply fragmentary photographic images onto plaster and polylaminate panels and create ghostly effects.