Robert Rauschenberg's Combines at MoMA

MoMA in New York presented a focused exhibition on Robert Rauschenberg's "combines" from December 20, 2005 to April 2, 2006. Curated by Paul Schimmel, the show featured works from 1954-1968, including iconic pieces like Monogram (1955-1959), Canyon (1959), Odalisk (1955-1958), Minutiae (1954), and Reservoir (1961). The combines merge painting and sculpture into hybrid forms, incorporating found objects such as clocks, metal scraps, light bulbs, wheels, photographs, tires, and taxidermied animals (a goat, roosters, eagles, hens, herons). Rauschenberg described his work as operating "in the gap between art and life." The exhibition traveled to the Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris in autumn 2006.