Goldsmiths: Rauschenberg Japanese clay works – Research IS/CPCS. March 2022.

From the press release ,

Rarely seen works from two formative series to be exhibited at Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg in collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Robert Rauschenberg, Testimony (Japanese Claywork), 1985

I think collaboration is a prescription or device that keeps one from getting hung up on a strong single intention that blinds. […] Every individual that you add to a project will result in ten times as many possibilities. — Robert Rauschenberg, 1987.

Rauschenberg became a spokesperson for artists and the creative community at large. In September 1970, he founded Change, Inc., a non-profit organisation that helped artists with emergency expenses and from 1984–91, he personally funded the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) project. For this extensive touring programme, Rauschenberg travelled to ten countries – Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, China, Tibet, Japan, Cuba, the USSR, Germany and Malaysia – with the aim of sparking cross-cultural dialogue and understanding through the creative process.

Clayworks –

https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/search/node?keys=Clayworks