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Get your art-respect out and pay homage to a creative genius. If you haven't heard of him, then you should have. Performance artist, painter and print-maker rolled into one, Abstract-Expressionist Robert Rauschenberg was like the ultra-talented older brother you secretly wanted to emulate. Claiming that he wanted to work within 'the gap between art and life', his semi-sculptural pieces are characterized by intense, haphazard brush strokes and integrate unrelated recycled objects. Often struggling to make ends meet, he exploited any materials he could get his hands on, famously using his own bedspread, a toothbrush and nail-polish to construct the 1955 work 'Bed'. Rather ironic it's now worth millions. Intensely evocative and highly improvised, the New Yorker's vast body of work has left a distinctive print on art history. He passed away at 82 earlier this week. A personal thank you to Rauschenburg for a bevvy of aesthetic delights I will continue to lust after.