“An empty canvas is full.”
Robert Rauschenberg
(October 22, 1925-2008)
Sign: Libra
Gay American artist whose “Combines” (works of art that blurred the lines between sculpture and painting) as well as his many contributions in photography, sculpture, and performance, had a profound effect on modern art, particularly the pop-art of the late 1950s and 1960s
“Faggot Forefathers” is a weekly series highlighting the lives of historically significant gay men and their contributions to our world.
