Ends of Art

asper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg met in 1954. Rauschenberg was five years older than Johns, but they had things in common. They were both born in the conservative southern states of America, Johns in Georgia and Rauschenberg in Texas. Both had served in the US Armed Forces: Rauschenberg in the Navy in World War II and Johns in the Special Forces during the Korean War. And both were gay men, although arguably in the closet, and started a relationship soon after meeting. Indeed, needing