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With the exhibition “Five Friends. John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly,” Museum Brandhorst is showing a circle of artists who had a decisive influence on music, dance and art in the post-war period. In an intensive exchange, Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Twombly created unique connections between the artistic genres and media. With over 180 works of art as well as scores, stage props, costumes, photographs and archival material, the exhibition provides an insight into the interaction between the five artist friends.
“All of us worked totally committed, shared every intense emotion and I think performed miracles, for love only.” Robert Rauschenberg
They decisively shaped the art of the 20th century: the musician and theorist John Cage (1912–1992), the choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) and the painters and sculptors Jasper Johns (*1930), Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) and Cy Twombly (1928–2011). But this is not all that connects the five artists; they also shared unique friendships that were characterized by artistic collaborations, intensive debates, intimate love affairs and painful separations. Their similar interests formed the basis for this connection. All five artists were in search of …
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Image above: Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Doris Stockhausen, David Tudor, Michael von Biel, Steve Paxton, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Robert Rauschenberg during the Merce Cunningham Dance Company world tour, 1964 © Photograph Collection. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives, New York. Foto: Unattributed.
