vandal!?!?!?!?

I was speaking to fellow Barcelona based artist Cynthia Fusillo recently about Robert Rauschenburg. She was telling me about an interview she had seen with him and how inspirational he was. I didn't find the one she was talking about specifically, but found this clip about 'erasing De Kooning'.
he mentions the idea that this is an act of vandalism to some. i liked the irony of this, how taking away of marks can be seen as vandalism.

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