Throughout Robert Rauschenberg’s six-decade career, he moved freely between the worlds of visual art and avant-garde music.
Explore Rauschenberg’s idea of the Combine, his term for works that incorporate ordinary objects and materials into painting, through recent musical compositions that use everyday sounds and images. With featured performers the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Performance features longtime Rauschenberg collaborator Christian Wolff in conversation with David Lang).
Morton Feldman: Ixion
Bryce Dessner: Letter 27 with film featuring Charles Olsen
Christian Marclay: Fade to Slide with film by Christian Marclay
Anna Clyne: A Wonderful Day
Christian Wolff: Suite (I) for prepared piano
Christian Wolff: Exercises 29 and 30
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Longtime Rauschenberg collaborator Christian Wolff will explore these ideas in conversation with David Lang. New York’s electric Bang on a Can All-Stars and alumni of the Bang on a Can Summer Festival perform featured works including Morton Feldman’s Ixion (1958, rev. 1962); Bryce Dessner’s Letter 27 with Film featuring Charles Olson (2013); Christian Marclay’s Fade to Slide with Film by Christian Marclay (2012); Anna Clyne’s A Wonderful Day (2013); and Christian Wolff’s Suite (I) for Prepared Piano (1954) and Exercises 29 and 30 (2011).
Beginning in the early 1950s, Rauschenberg worked closely with the composers and performers associated with the New York School, including such pioneering experimental figures as Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, David Tudor, and Christian Wolff. This rich dialogue shaped Rauschenberg’s approach to art making as well as that of his musical collaborators. In conjunction with the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends, Pulitzer prize–winning composer David Lang and the celebrated music collective Bang on a Can present a pair of concerts featuring commentary exploring these artistic exchanges and their legacy for contemporary music.
Founded in 1987, Bang on a Can commissions new compositions; performs, presents, and records new work; develops new audiences; and educates the musicians of the future.
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Select programs in conjunction with Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends at The Museum of Modern Art are made possible in part through a grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
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