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One of the main pieces of work that came from Rauschenberg and the E.A.T. group was ‘Revolver.’ This was Rauschenberg attempting to link with the general public. ‘Revolver’ displays elements of motion and time
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Art Analysis 'Revolver' by Robert Rauschenberg Five rotating Plexiglas disks that can revolve to where ever the viewer chooses. Medium - Silk-Screen Cultural Context Rauschenberg anticipated the PopArt eara. He broke away from the abstract exspressionism that was coming to an end. In 1966 Rauschenberg and Kluver collaborated with a group of artists for nine evenings to further explore their aspirations. Robert Whitman and Fred Waldhauer, joined them, forming E.A.T. "an organization devoted to facilitating interaction between artists and engineers in order to address the technological challenges of realizing artistic concepts." 9 Artists and Engineers collaborated to actualize projects, which were out of reach previously, due to lack of technical support. The organization attracted so much interest that the artists were issued a grant for $8,000, allowing them to finance a home base for E.A.T. Thirty engineers participated in the "9 Evenings" with artists, by 1968 engineer membership jumped to 467. In his...
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