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JASPER JOHNS

JASPER JOHNS. http://www.greenfield-sanders.com/bottom_art.html. 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

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JASPER JOHNS

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  1. JASPER JOHNS http://www.greenfield-sanders.com/bottom_art.html

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/item?id=12337&sub=submagnify

  5. White Flag, 1955 “In the stars it's allegro vivace, agitated movement, flickering and exploding. In the stripes it's andante.” - David Sylvester, "About Modern Art" http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  6. “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 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/johns_j.html

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

  8. Target with Plaster Casts, 1955 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  9. Book, 1957, (encaustic on book) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  10. Numbers in Color, 1958-59 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  11. False Start, 1959, (oil on canvas) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-hin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  12. Shade, 1959, (encaustic on canvas with objects) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  13. Out the Window, 1959, (encaustic collage) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  14. Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  15. Map, 1961 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  16. Device, 1961-62 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  17. Diver, 1963, (charcoal and pastel on paper) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  18. Filed Painting, 1963-64, (oil on canvas) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  19. According to What, 1964, (oil on canvas) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  20. Watchman, 1964, (oil on canvas with objects) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

  21. http://search.famsf.org/4d.acgi$Search?list&=1&=jasper&=And&=Yes&=johns&=&=&=Yes&=Yes&=fhttp://search.famsf.org/4d.acgi$Search?list&=1&=jasper&=And&=Yes&=johns&=&=&=Yes&=Yes&=f Two Maps, 1966 Lithograph printed in gray on black Fabriano paper Untitled, 1977Screenprint

  22. He was the artistic advisor for the composer John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s 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/exhibitions/exhib_detail/99_exhib_jasper_johns.html

  23. References • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/johns_jasper.html • http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/Biographies/johns.html • http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johnsbio.html • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/johns_j.html • http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_collection_70_134.cfm • http://apm-cbm.hypermart.net/Artists/Biograpies/Johns.html

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