https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/05/14/robert-rauschenberg-dadaist-for-the-masses/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:36:47 -0400<![CDATA[The artist Robert Rauschenberg died on Monday, age 82, at his home in Florida. The Hosannas were loud and predictable. Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for The New York Times, spoke for the terminally infatuated when he praised Rauschenberg as an artist who &#8220;time and again reshaped art in the 20th century,&#8221; whose work &#8220;gave new meaning to sculpture,&#8221; and whose promiscuous dabblings &#8220;defied the traditional idea that an artist stick to one medium or style.&#8221; (Unlike, for example, Leonardo da Vinci, who painted, sculpted, designed buildings, composed music, did serious mathematical, engineering, and scientific work.)]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:48 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/05/14/robert-rauschenberg-dadaist-for-the-masses-n114822