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Thomas Buehler and Rauschenberg, ROCI TIBET, Revolutionary Exhibition Hall, Lhasa, 1985

Joni Weyl, Rauschenberg, and Thomas Buehler in Rauschenberg鈥檚 Lafayette Street studio, New York, 1992. Photo: Sidney B. Felsen 漏 1992

John Peet, Rauschenberg, Thomas Buehler, and Tup Schmidt, late 1980s or earlyca. 1990 1990s

Thomas Buehler, Rauschenberg, and John Peet, Art Kite viewing event near Himeji Castle, Japan, 1989

Rauschenberg and Thomas Buehler, Art Kite viewing event near Himeji Castle, Japan, 1989

Rauschenberg and Thomas Buehler during ROCI Cuba, Havana, 1988

Thomas Buehler in ROCI T-shirt having just completed the installation of ROCI CHINA, Beijing, 1985

 

Thomas Buehler


Born in Berlin in 1943, Thomas Buehler studied graphic design and after working in the advertising industry for several years, he established his own studio before embarking on travels throughout Europe and Africa, including an extended residency in the Seychelles. Buehler met Rauschenberg during the installation of Rauschenberg: Werke 1950鈥1980 at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, in 1980. Rauschenberg later engaged Buehler for the logistical organization of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) world tour (1985鈥91). At the conclusion of ROCI, Rauschenberg appointed Buehler to manage his art storage facility and to oversee his international projects. In 2005 Buehler completed the renovation of a new art storage facility to house Rauschenberg鈥檚 work. Buehler served as Senior Registrar for the Rauschenberg Foundation until his retirement in November 2016.

 

Excerpt from interview with Thomas Buehler by Sara Sinclair, 2015


Buehler: What stayed with me and will stay with me the rest of my life is鈥攍et鈥檚 celebrate the differences. Let鈥檚 celebrate that we鈥檙e all different and we all can learn from each other, and just looking at each other we can learn from each other, and not celebrate that we鈥檙e all the same鈥攁ll McDonald鈥檚 all over the world, the same food everywhere. Let鈥檚 celebrate how they stamp their corn and make chapatis out of it. How different and how wonderful the world is because we鈥檙e so different. That鈥檚 his appreciation of the world. I think that鈥檚鈥

Sinclair: That鈥檚 what lasts?

Buehler: That鈥檚 what stays with me forever.