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Contemporary cardboard

About this work

You see a tall, rough rectangle made of cardboard, tape, and metal scraps, printed with blurry photos and ink. Rauschenberg called this a “Cardbird Door,” but it doesn’t open or close. He built it in a print shop, layering cheap materials like a collage. The photos are smudged, almost like they were grabbed from a newspaper and pressed onto the cardboard. If you like this mix of junk and print, look up lithography next.

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