‘An Interview with Jasper Johns about Silkcreening’, Jasper Johns, Prints from the Leo Castelli Collection, 1991, p. The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960 – 1993, A Catalogue Raisonné, introductionģ. Cat., London, Anthony D’Offay Gallery, Jasper Johns Flags, 1996, pp. Because the experience of one is rarely the experience of the other, for me at any rate.” 4ġ. And to see what it is that connects them and what it is that separates them. “I’m always interested in the physical form of whatever I’m doing and often repeat an image in another physical form just to see what happens, what the difference is. Treating the same image in a variety of techniques has been a constant in Johns’ work. Therefore we can compare not only the subtle differences between the left and right-hand flags, but also the subtleties revealed by the use of paint or ink and color versus shades of gray. The same screens, with the exception of the varnish screen, were then used to create Flags II, shown above, printed this time in monochrome. Johns, who is also known for depictions of maps, numbers, and flags, was drawn to targets because they were a symbol the mind already knows. In fact, the first painting Johns ever exhibited was Green Target (1955) at the Jewish Museum in 1957. The distinctions between right and left-hand flags mirror that of Two Flags, John's painting from the same year, on which Flags Iwas based. Jasper Johns ’s targets are among the pioneering Pop artist’s earliest most celebrated motifs. SOLD FOR $35,000 IN 2015 AT SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK.
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