Combine work

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Combine work is a style of art pioneered by Robert Rauschenberg that merges painting and sculpture by incorporating everyday objects and materials into the painted surface.

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instanceOf art movement
artistic style
mixed-media art
aimsTo integrate everyday reality into fine art
associatedArtist Robert Rauschenberg NERFINISHED
challengesConcept flatness of the picture plane
traditional separation of painting and sculpture
combinesMedium painting
sculpture
emergedInCountry United States NERFINISHED
emergedInDecade 1950s
hasAlternativeName Combine painting
hasArtForm painting
sculpture
hasCharacteristic assemblage-like composition
blurs boundary between art and life
incorporates real-world objects into the painted surface
merges painting and sculpture
three-dimensional surface
hasMovementContext Neo-Dada NERFINISHED
postwar American art
hasNotableExampleBy Robert Rauschenberg NERFINISHED
hasPioneer Robert Rauschenberg NERFINISHED
influenced Pop art
contemporary mixed-media practices
influencedBy Dada NERFINISHED
assemblage art
collage
relatedConcept assemblage
environmental art
installation art
typicalSupport canvas
wooden panel
typicalTechnique collaging physical items onto the surface
painting over and around attached objects
usesMaterial everyday objects
found materials
non-traditional art materials

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combine painting alsoKnownAs Combine work
subject surface form: Combine painting