1. COMBINING MEDIACOMBINING MEDIA

2. Robert Rauschenberg American (1925-2008) Interested in the iconography of American popular culture. Emotional style of the Abstract Expressionists. "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non- traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations.Combines Canyon, 1959 Untitled 1963 Stop, 1963

3. A series of work Retroactive I, 1964, Oil and silkscreen ink on canvas Kennedy 195, Oil and silkscreen ink on canvas

4. Romare Beardon 1911-1988 (African-American Collages depicting the richness and texture of African-American. colors and compositions and themes of everyday life, family, and religion,. Depict a period of social change. Unlike previous masters of the collage form who used images in their original size, Bearden created small collages and then used photography to enlarge them. Romare Bearden, Patchwork Quilt, cut-and-pasted cloth and paper with synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 1970, Museum of Modern Art Museum of Modern Art

5. Romare Beardon Reviewers said 'propagandistic in the best sense.' Bearden's collages, and later collage-paintings, also provided African- Americans with emotionally powerful images and experiences that came from within their own culture and were like nothing ever seen before. Bearden's work is an example of the way in which artworks can move beyond art to become a force for positive social change. Romare Bearden, The Calabash, collage, 1970, Library of Congresscollage Library of Congress Romare Bearden, Pittsburgh Memories, 1984 collage on board 28 5/8 x W: 23 1/2 inches (H: 73 x W: 60 cm) The Carnegie Museum of Art,

6. Grade 9’s combinecollages… Paint wash Ink detail Pencil tones Collaged newspaper Masking tape Negative space