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Jasper Johns, artist
American, 1930 -
Untitled, 1977
Screenprint
25.2 x 26.1 cm (image)
Gift of Brooke Alexander Inc. 1977.1.76
Artist Biography: Painter and graphic artist who is generally associated with the Pop art movement. Studied briefly (1947-48) at the University of South Carolina at Columbia before moving to New York City. Befriended Robert Rauschenberg (1954), and that year began his series of paintings of~American flags. First one-man show, held at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City(1958), was a resounding success. ~~Works depict commonplace, two-dimensional subjects such as flags, targets, maps, numbers, and letters of the alphabet. Johns was able to transform these objects into icons through an extremely sensitive manipulation of surface texture using the "encaustic" technique (pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax). By virtue of their willful and ironic banality and their rejection of emotional expression, Johns's early works were a radical departure from the Abstract Expressionist of the time. Johns's unabashed depiction of commonplace emblems and objects was emulated by many Pop Art artists. ~~After 1961 Johns began affixing real objects to the surface of his canvases. He continued to paint numbers, flags, and labels through the early 1960s, but also began incorporating more fluid brushstrokes and rawer paint textures. He changed his style in the 1970s, and produced near-monochrome paintings composed of clusters of parallel lines that he called "crosshatchings." His works from the 1980s contain both figural elements and autobiographical references. ~~Reference: The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993, a catalogue raisonnÈ. text by Richard S. Field (West Islip NY: Universal Limited Art Editions, ©1994)~
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