The artwork, titled “Dart (Signal),” created by Robert Rauschenberg in 1980, is a collage representative of the Neo-Dada art movement and falls within the figurative genre. The composition of the artwork employs a variety of imagery, seamlessly integrating disparate photographic elements.
The central portion of the artwork is dominated by a green field populated with several blue-tinted cows. This pastoral scene contrasts sharply with the mechanical and urbanized imagery above and below it. The upper portion features a combination of black and white images of kitchenware and industrial elements, juxtaposed with abstract cloud forms. The lower section is patterned with a grid of cans, contributing to a sense of repetition and order, framed on each side by sepia-toned photographs of human figures in classical poses. The overall effect is an intermingling of rural, industrial, and classical elements, creating a multilayered narrative that is characteristic of Rauschenberg’s work in the Neo-Dada style.
