Out of the Real World

This book explores the long and fruitful collaborations between the artist Robert Rauschenberg and Donald J. Saff, founder of Graphicstudio in 1968.

Out of the Real World: Robert Rauschenberg at USF Graphicstudio is the first comprehensive and scholarly publication to explore the significance of Robert Rauschenberg’s work at Graphicstudio, University of South Florida’s renowned atelier. Contributors detail Rauschenberg’s collaborative projects at Graphicstudio that pushed boundaries and redefined our understanding of printmaking. The legacy of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) project, operationally headquartered at USF Graphicstudio and overseen by Saff as artistic director, is examined and reconsidered both geopolitically and through the lens of its resonance with host countries.

Mark Fredricks is a research administrator at the USF Institute for Research in Art.

John R. Blakinger is endowed associate professor of Contemporary Art, University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and a 2018 inaugural Archives Research Resident at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Callan Donahoe is a recent MA graduate of the USF Art History program.

Margaret Miller directs the University of South Florida (USF) Institute for Research in Art: Contemporary Art Museum / Graphicstudio / Public Art.

Christian Viveros-Fauné has worked as a gallerist, art fair director, art critic, and curator, and is currently serving as curator-at-large at the USF Contemporary Art Museum.

Hanna Weber is a recent MA graduate of the USF Art History program.