London Gallery Weekend curated routes Featuring Robert Rauschenberg: ROCI

For 2024, London Gallery Weekend presents a series of curated routes designed by leading art world figures and notable Londoners. 

Follow routes designed by Edward Enninful, Ekow Eshun, Mary McCartney, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lydia Slater which include a stop at the gallery to discover Robert Rauschenberg: ROCI. 

Hans Ulrich Obrist says: 'It’s really fascinating that at the same time as the Baldessari show there is also the ROCI project of Robert Rauschenberg showing at Thaddaeus Ropac. I had the great opportunity to meet Rauschenberg around 20 years ago in Miami. His idea that art can be a catalyst for social change and create a global dialogue was something he believed with his Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI), which was also the name of his turtle. It’s a Glissantian idea, because he wanted to embrace the possibility of art to foster a global dialogue without annihilating local differences; one where we could learn from different places and from the exchange with others to make identity richer and more complex. Rauschenberg travelled around the world bringing his experimentation and triggering a dialogue over 5 years. It’s incredible that this important period of Rauschenberg, which hasn’t been seen enough, is celebrated in the exhibition at the gallery. Certainly, a highlight of the Spring programme.'