Cuban Acre/ROCI CUBA 1988

Robert Rauschenberg’s “Cuban Acre/ROCI CUBA” is a large-scale, multi-paneled work made using screen printing, collage, and painting. The color palette is bold, with blocks of turquoise, orange, and pink competing with grayscale photographic images. The overlay of images creates a layered effect, obscuring and revealing different elements of the composition. I am drawn to the panel on the right, with the image of the boat and the figure standing on the deck. It's as if Rauschenberg is inviting us on a journey, but the destination remains elusive. The collage technique emphasizes the fragmented nature of memory and experience. The work reminds me a little of Warhol, but Rauschenberg feels more chaotic, more intuitive. His process feels closer to my own. He embraces chance, and the unexpected, reminding us that art is not about perfection, but about exploration. It's about embracing ambiguity and finding meaning in the process itself.