Am e r i c a n p a i n t e r, sc u l p t o r, p r i n t m a k e r

Jasper John
“To be an artist you have to give up
everything, including the desire to be a
good artist.”

--By Daniel 胡子鲲

 Jasper John
• American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
• Associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada,
and pop art.
• Receipt of the National Medal of Arts in 1990
• The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
• Elected the American Philosophical Society in 2007
• The New York Times called him the United States'
"foremost living artist.
Savarin
Monotypes
Made by applying ink directly on a plate.

The central motif in each of these works

from 1982 is the uncanny 1960
sculpture Painted Bronze, cast from a
Savarin coffee can filled with brushes,
which Johns painted to look exactly like
the real thing. Over time, he returned
repeatedly to this motif, and the tools of
his trade came to be seen as a stand-in
for the artist himself.

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Flags
Three Flag and Flags

Three Flag

Shifting the visual focus from the symbolism of the flag to the geometric
patterns and variegated textures of the surface

Painted in dark, grey, and complementary colors of green and

orange describes a country that is divided into two and the
turbulent situation of America during 1950s and 60s.

Flag

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 According To
What

Compiling multiple elements and techniques to

create sprawling, self-referential mash-ups

Presents an assortment of aggressive

objects that Johns added to create a
painting that "allows things to change"
as the lights and viewers shift around the
work.
 Numbers(2007)

Johns melted the wax to create painterly drips Each double-sided work explores different aspects of the original
or silkscreened and imprinted passages of type composition, as well as the inherent qualities of its material. Displayed
taken from newspapers. He ultimately cast two in this space, the silver, bronze, and copper objects reveal precise and
monumental editions in bronze and aluminum sensual details in changing natural light.
 Disappearance and
Negation

These four artworks show how Johns shifted his work

away from the then prevalent emphasis on an artist’s
interior life and expression toward a cooler, more
impersonal mode of painting after a definitive break with Good Time Charley Painting Bitten by a Man
Robert Rauschenberg. He embraced the deadpan depiction
of common signs and objects, including flags, targets, and
numbers, and explored gestures such as covering and
hiding, often in pale grays or dense blacks with wax. The
use of different objects such as thermometers, metal, ruler,
and cup further give a sense of coldness and
emotionlessness.

Liars
Water Freezes
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