Robert Rauschenberg and Asia

22 November 2025 — 26 April 2026

On Now

Centenary survey of Rauschenberg's Asia-influenced works, ROCI projects, and collaborations with Asian artists across textiles, ceramics, and paper.

From M+

This exhibition brings together a selection of major works produced by Rauschenberg during and in response to his time in Asia. It traces the conceptual, formal and material influences on his practice, such as sourcing textiles and collaborating with paper makers and ceramicists in China, India, and Japan. The exhibition also considers the history and legacy of his Asian Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) projects, which included exhibitions in Beijing (1985), Lhasa (1985),...

About the Artist

Robert Rauschenberg

American · 1925–2008

Rauschenberg's Combines — assemblages of everyday objects, photographs, and paint — dissolved the boundary between art and life and became one of the defining provocations of postwar American art.