Jasper johns

Jasper Johns’ Three Flags is an essential work of pop art and exemplifies his mature style. In this article, we discuss his career and this iconic work.

This austere work by Jasper Johns doesn’t seem to invite much of a close read. But its cool surface belies a depth of feeling, which shows us all the power of artistic restraint.

This month the RA celebrates Jasper Johns as one of America’s greatest living artists – here art historian Barbara Rose explores the complex transformations of objects and images throughout his work.

Jasper Johns (b. 1930, American), "Target with Plaster Casts", Encaustic on Canvas with Plaster cast Objects, Size: 51 x 44 x 3 ½ inches, (129,5 x 111,8 x 8.9 cm.), Credit Line: the Artist, at, 'Collection Leo Castelli', New York, to, 'David Geffen Collection' (1955) ~ © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Jasper Johns. Four Panels from Untitled 1972. 1973–74, published 1974. Lithograph and embossing on four sheets. composition (.a, irreg.): 38 1/8 x 26" (96.8 x 66.1 cm); sheet (.a, slightly irreg.): 40 11/16 x 28 9/16" (103.3 x 72.5 cm); composition (.b, irreg.): 38 1/4 x 25 1/2" (97.2 x 64.8 cm); sheet (.b): 40 1/4 x 28 1/4" (102.3 x 71.8 cm); composition (.c, irreg.): 38 11/16 x 27 3/16" (98.3 x 69 cm); sheet (.c): 40 9/16 x 28 3/8" (103 x 72.1 cm); composition (.d, irreg.): 39 7/8 x 26…

View 0 Through 9 (1981) By Johns Jasper; ink and etching on paper; image: 13 x 9¾ in. (33 x 24.7 cm.), sheet: 25¾ x 19¾ in. (65.4 x 50.2 cm.); Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Jasper Johns style in Artvy AI (V3.2, V3, V2, neo 4) | Painters + Abstract Expressionists | Abstract Artists | American painter | Jasper Johns, born in 1930, is a pivotal figure in American art known for bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. His art often features familiar symbols like flags, targets, and numbers, challenging traditional boundaries. Renowned for his use of encaustic—a technique mixing pigments with wax—Johns' works are textured and tactile. As a multi-disciplinary…

View Cicada (1980) By Johns Jasper; ink and graphite on plastic; image: 26 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. 66.7 x 51.4 cm. sheet: 32 ½ x 25 5/8 in. 82.6 x 65.1 cm. ; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Breaking boundaries: three paintings by Jasper Johns | Christie's

Grids – Rosalind Krauss Source: October, Vol. 9 (Summer, 1979), pp. 50-64 Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: krauss-grids PDF /// Extract “In the early part of this century there b…

Three Flags, Jasper Johns, encaustic on canvas, 30" x 45" x 4", 1958. Location: Whitney Museum of American Art

Jasper Johns. 1930. US. Passage 1962. Cologne. Musée Ludwig.

At the heart of London Barbican's season of Duchamp is the exhibition 'The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns'

Jasper Johns, Jasper Johns: 'Numbers in Color' 1976 Offset-lithograph, lithograph proposed by Afficheon.com for sale on the art portal Amorosart

The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.

From Munch Museum, Jasper Johns, Cicada (1979), Oil on canvas, 48 × 36 in

#JasperJohns Gray Numbers, 1958, encaustic on canvas. #JasperJohns does not want to explain his art or offer biographical interpretations of his artworks. He is notoriously elusive and his humor tends toward the sardonic. Johns once joked that, of the dozens of books that have been written about his art, his favorite one was written in Japanese. What he liked is that he could not understand it.

Roy Linchestein

For 60 years, he has been a sort of oracle, reshaping our ideas about art and collective selfhood. At 88, he’s still searching for meaning.