Jasper Johns
2) Jasper Johns
Author
Series
Publisher
Parkstone International
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
At a time when the dominant mode of painting, Abstract Expressionism, emphasized expressive drama through bold brushwork and largely abstract compositions, Johns' paintings of the American flag, targets, numbers and the alphabet demonstrated a decided departure from convention. Despite being painted with obvious care, they seemed emotionally reticent, cool and quiet, far from the emotional fireworks then fashionable. 'It all began... with my painting...
Author
Publisher
The Meril Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This catalogue brings together 41 of Johns's drawings, spanning more than 60 years of his illustrious career and, beginning in 1954, the origin of his mature practice. It encompasses his most famous recurring motifs, including flags, targets, and numbers, and an essay by David Breslin contextualizes this reiterative aspect of Johns's career.
Author
Publisher
Matthew Marks Gallery
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Jasper Johns (born 1930) had his first one-person exhibition--in 1958, at the age of 27--its impact was widespread and immediate. Since then, as his influence has grown, his work has evolved, circling back to familiar subjects while opening up new formal and thematic frontiers. In his recent drawings, prints and paintings, Johns traces the shifting meaning of old and new motifs while contending with his own rich artistic past, revisiting his...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the late 1970s, after the artist's explosive Pop Art beginnings and a period of abstraction, representational objects made their way back into Jasper Johns' work. Supported by the artist's words and previous scholarship, Jasper Johns is the first comprehensive study of his later paintings and works on paper.Fiona Donovan helps contextualize images that have personal significance for Johns and explain a broader humanist discourse. Readers learn...
7) Jasper Johns
Author
Series
Modern masters volume 7
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the works of American artist Jasper Johns.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Filmed at many museums on both sides of the Atlantic, this program critically examines the following masterpieces of Pop art: Franz Kline's C & O ; Helen Frankenthaler's Mountains and sea ; Willem de Kooning's Morning : the springs ; Jasper Johns' Flag ; Andy Warhol's The Texan : portrait of Robert Rauschenberg ; and Roy Lichtenstein's Girl with hair ribbon.
Publisher
Arthouse Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Emile de Antonio was a close friend to many New York painters who later went on to become famous. He filmed and interviewed them informally in their studios. Artists included are Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Phillip Pavia, and Hans Hoffman.