Robert Rauschenberg at MOCA

On Friday I was able to make it to MOCA for the featured exhibit: Robert Rauschenberg: Combines.

I noticed that Rauschenberg was featured at MOCA one day on the bus from Santa Monica to Union Station. It only took me about two weeks to notice the enormous print material in front of MOCA.

Long story short: I was motherfucking floored. Seriously. It was quite a large exhibit in an overwhelming way; one day isn't enough and unfortunately, this was the only time I could see the exchibit (it closes Sept. 4).

One piece on display was a setpiece from a Merce Cunningham dance production (the middle photo at the bottom of the MOCA exhibit webpage), so I know John Cage handled it at some point (I could just see him playing with the curtains). That was really a mindtrip.

I enjoyed the exhibit more than any other I have seen - even above Warhol at MOCA, Basquiat at MOCA, and Abstraction and Beyond at LACMA - and I don't think anything else will ever come close.