"It's just the start of what we now know as the media and the barrage of information that infiltrates our daily life."
Curator Samantha Rippner on Robert Rauschenberg's print "Accident."
Explore this object:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/373803
Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.
Photography by Juan Trujillo
Music by Austin Fisher.
Art © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and ULAE/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Published by Universal Limited Art Editions
Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum?sub_confirmation=1
#TheMet #ArtExplained #Art
"Accident" is a print about printmaking and Rauschenberg embracing the process | Art, Explained
"It’s just the start of what we now know as the media and the barrage of information that infiltrates our daily life."
2 min. watch
More from The Met

The artist’s work challenges the social and political context of mass incarceration.
Lisa Sutcliffe
April 28

Explore how the Taiwanese artist’s Great Hall Commission invites a transhistorical conversation about the art of writing
Lesley Ma
February 28

Video
More in:Art Explained
Art Mentioned
A slider containing 1 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.