JASPER JOHNS

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JASPER JOHNS

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Background

• Born in Augusta, Georgia in 1930
• Grew up wanting to be an artist
• Was drafted and stationed in Japan
• Returned to study at the University of South
  Carolina, Columbia between 1949-51
• From 1952-58 worked in NY bookshop and as a
  commercial artist

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• In New York, met and was influenced by John Cage
  (composer), Merce Cunningham (choreographer), and
  Robert Rauschenberg.
• Visited Philadelphia to see work by Duchamp
• Inspired by a dream to paint the flag

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Early Work

• we see that it is not a painting of a flag. The
  roles are reversed beginning with the flag, a
  painting was made - David Sylvester, "About
  Modern Art"

Flag, 1954
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White Flag, 1955

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• In the stars it's allegro vivace, agitated
  movement, flickering and exploding. In the
  stripes it's andante. - David Sylvester, "About
  Modern Art"

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• Johns' early work combined a serious concern for
  the craft of painting with an everyday, almost
  absurd, subject matter. The meaning of the
  painting could be found in the painting process
  itself. It was a new experience for gallery goers
  to find paintings solely of such things as flags
  and numbers.
• -pbs

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• -In 1958, gallery owner Leo Castelli offered
  Johns a show
• -At that first exhibition, the Museum of Modern
  Art purchased three pieces,

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• Target with Plaster Casts, 1955

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• Book, 1957, (encaustic on book)

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• Numbers in Color,
• 1958-59

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False Start, 1959, (oil on canvas)

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• Shade, 1959, (encaustic on canvas with objects)

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• Out the Window, 1959,
• (encaustic collage)

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Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960

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Map, 1961

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• Device, 1961-62

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Diver, 1963, (charcoal and pastel on paper)

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Filed Painting, 1963-64, (oil on canvas)

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According to What, 1964, (oil on canvas)

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Watchman, 1964, (oil on canvas with objects)

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Two Maps, 1966 Lithograph printed in gray on
black Fabriano paper
Untitled, 1977Screenprint
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• He was the artistic advisor for the composer John
  Cage and Merce Cunninghams Dance Company until
  1972
• To date Johns has produced over 400 prints in
  lithography, silkscreen, and intaglio.
• In 1996, the Museum of Modern Art in New York
  gave a major retrospective to Johns it traveled
  to three other museums

Photo by Jack Spear http//www.sfmoma.org/exhibi
tions/exhib_detail/99_exhib_jasper_johns.html
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References

• http//www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/johns_jasper.
  html
• http//www.fi.muni.cz/toms/PopArt/Biographies/joh
  ns.html
• http//www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/sea
  rch?simplesearchjasperjohns
• http//www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johnsbio.html
• http//www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/j
  ohns_j.html
• http//www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_collectio
  n_70_134.cfm
• http//apm-cbm.hypermart.net/Artists/Biograpies/Jo
  hns.html