Robert Rauschenberg Currents, 1970 at Des Moines Art Center (September 6-December 14, 2025)
Robert Rauschenberg, Surface Series 52 (from Currents), 1970. Screenprint on paper, Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections.
September 6-December 14, 2025
This exhibition features 17 large-scale prints and a related sound piece from Robert Rauschenberg’s Currents series of 1970. During a tumultuous political moment in the US, the artist conceptualized the Currents project as an experience of immersion and overstimulation meant to jar viewers into action. “Currents” refers to current events as much as forces of nature — ocean currents, electrical currents — phenomena that can sweep someone away or jolt them into attention.
